Seattle–Tacoma–Bremerton, WA 

National Compensation Survey 

January 2005 

_________________________________________________________________________________________ 

U.S. Department of Labor 

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner 

September 2005 

Bulletin 3130–04
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Preface

ata shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Compensation Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been conducted without the cooperation of the many private firms 

and government jurisdictions that provided pay data included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation. 

 Field economists of the Bureau of Labor Statistics collected and reviewed the survey data. The Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the 

Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology 

and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office, designed the survey, processed the data, and prepared the 

survey for publication. 

 For additional information regarding this survey, please 

contact any BLS regional office at the address and telephone number listed on the back cover of this bulletin. 

You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: 

Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 

2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Room 4175, Washington, 

DC 20212–0001, call (202) 691–6199, or send an e-mail to 

ocltinfo@bls.gov. 

 The data contained in this bulletin are also available at 

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm, the BLS Internet site. Data are presented in a Portable Document Format 

(PDF) file containing the core bulletin, and in an ASCII file 

containing the published table formats. An ASCII file containing positional columns of data for manipulation as a 

data base or spreadsheet also is available. 

 Results of earlier surveys of this area are available from 

BLS regional offices, the Division of Compensation Data 

Analysis and Planning, or at the BLS Internet site. 

 Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and, 

with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information will be made available to sensory 

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Contents

Page 

Introduction................................................................................................................................................ 1 

Tables: 

1–1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected characteristics, 

 private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 2 

2–1. Mean hourly earnings, all workers: Selected occupations, 

 private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 3 

2–2. Mean hourly earnings, full-time workers: Selected occupations, 

 private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 6 

2–3. Mean hourly earnings, part-time workers: Selected occupations, 

 private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 8 

3–1. Mean weekly earnings, full-time workers: Selected occupations, 

 private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 10 

3–2. Mean annual earnings, full-time workers: Selected occupations, 

 private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 13 

4–1. Selected occupations and levels, all workers: Mean hourly earnings, 

 private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 16 

4–2. Selected occupations and levels, full-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, 

 private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 22 

4–3. Selected occupations and levels, part-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, 

 private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 27 

5–1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group............................ 29 

5–2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, 

 private industry............................................................................................................................. 30 

5–3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, 

 private industry............................................................................................................................. 31 

6–1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations, 

 all industries.................................................................................................................................. 32 

6–2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations, 

 private industry............................................................................................................................. 35 

6–3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations, 

 State and local government........................................................................................................... 37 

6–4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, full-time workers: Selected occupations, 

 all industries.................................................................................................................................. 39 

6–5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, part-time workers: Selected occupations, 

 all industries.................................................................................................................................. 41 

Appendixes: 

A. Technical Note................................................................................................................................. A – 1 

 Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group............ A – 5 

B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................ B – 1 
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Introduction

he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for 

the Seattle–Tacoma–Bremerton, WA, metropolitan 

area. Data were collected between June 2004 and July 

2005; the average reference month is January 2005. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information on the program, a 

technical note describing survey procedures, and an appendix with detailed information on occupational classifications. 

 Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual 

earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided 

for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and firefighters, typically have 

shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of 

full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are 

useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having 

different work schedules. 

NCS products

The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides 

comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan 

provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly 

measure of the change in employer costs for wages and 

benefits, is derived from the NCS. Another product, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, measures employers’ average hourly costs for total compensation, that 

is, wages and benefits. Still another NCS product measures 

the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin 

is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries. 

About the tables 

The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive 

pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These 

earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations, 

holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 480 detailed occupations are used to describe all occupations in 

the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households). Data are not shown for 

any occupations if they would raise concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates. 

 Table 1–1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative 

standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, 

and State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include major occupational group, full-time or part-time 

status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay. 

Establishment characteristics include goods and service 

producing and size of establishment. 

 Table 2–1 presents estimates of mean hourly earnings, 

and the relative standard errors associated with them, for 

detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, 

and State and local government. Table 2–2 presents the 

same type of information for full-time workers only. Table 

2–3 provides similar data for workers designated as parttime. 

 Table 3–1 provides mean weekly earnings data, with 

relative standard errors, and weekly hours for full-time employees in specific occupations across all industries, private 

industry, and State and local government. Table 3–2 provides annual earnings, relative standard errors, and annual 

hours for full-time employees in specific occupations. 

 Table 4–1 provides mean hourly earnings data by work 

level for occupational groups and for detailed occupations. 

Separate data are also shown for private industry and government workers. Table 4–2 provides work level data for 

full-time workers. Table 4–3 provides similar data for 

workers designated as part-time. 

 Table 5–1 presents mean hourly earnings data for selected worker characteristics by major occupational group. 

The worker characteristics include full-time or part-time 

designation, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive 

pay. Table 5–2 presents mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions by occupational group; these estimates are limited to the private sector. Table 5–3 presents 

mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment 

sizes by major occupational group in the private sector. 

Tables 6–1 through 6–5 present hourly wage percentiles 

that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are 

provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles 

for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and 

part-time workers. 

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Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Worker and establishment characteristics

Total Private industry State and local government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 3

Relative

error2

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

Total ........................................................................... $22.39 2.4 36.5 $21.76 2.9 37.0 $25.37 1.1 34.3

Worker characteristics:4

White-collar occupations5 ....................................... 26.22 2.9 37.1 25.89 3.6 38.0 27.57 .9 33.7

Professional specialty and technical ................... 30.85 3.6 37.0 30.73 4.9 38.3 31.16 1.0 33.8

Executive, administrative, and managerial ......... 35.57 4.0 40.3 35.66 4.4 40.6 34.89 7.7 38.2

Sales ................................................................... 15.98 8.3 35.2 15.96 8.3 35.2 – – –

Administrative support ........................................ 16.85 2.9 36.5 17.10 3.7 38.1 16.02 1.6 32.0

Blue-collar occupations5 ......................................... 18.82 2.8 37.1 18.58 3.0 37.2 21.19 1.9 35.5

Precision production, craft, and repair ................ 24.18 2.3 39.7 24.10 2.6 39.7 25.17 1.4 40.0

Machine operators, assemblers, and

inspectors ......................................................... 19.12 3.1 37.2 19.12 3.1 37.2 – – –

Transportation and material moving ................... 19.15 6.3 36.7 18.75 9.2 38.3 20.11 1.6 33.3

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,

and laborers ...................................................... 12.48 4.8 34.6 12.21 5.0 34.5 18.07 1.7 38.2

Service occupations5 .............................................. 14.21 4.9 33.4 11.44 4.2 32.8 21.95 3.6 35.4

Full time .................................................................. 23.36 2.5 39.9 22.75 3.0 40.0 26.37 1.0 39.6

Part time ................................................................. 14.29 4.6 21.1 12.70 5.8 21.8 19.46 2.8 19.1

Union ...................................................................... 23.38 2.1 36.4 22.72 3.1 37.8 24.54 1.1 34.1

Nonunion ................................................................ 21.73 3.5 36.6 21.34 3.7 36.6 29.69 1.9 35.4

Time ........................................................................ 22.64 2.5 36.3 22.02 3.1 36.8 25.37 1.1 34.3

Incentive ................................................................. 17.39 10.0 41.2 17.39 10.0 41.2 – – –

Establishment characteristics:

Goods producing .................................................... 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 25.22 3.2 39.2 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

Service producing ................................................... 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 () – – – 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

50-99 workers7 ....................................................... 16.34 6.7 34.5 16.27 6.8 34.5 – – –

100-499 workers ..................................................... 19.66 4.7 36.7 19.38 5.1 37.5 24.36 7.1 27.6

500 workers or more ............................................... 27.42 1.6 37.2 28.42 2.2 38.3 25.54 1.9 35.4

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium

pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of

the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample

estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,

exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based

on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are

determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on

hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially

based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production

bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover

all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing

industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with

fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication

criteria. 

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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,

National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

All ............................................................................................. $22.39 2.4 $21.76 2.9 $25.37 1.1

All excluding sales ............................................................ 23.05 2.6 22.49 3.2 25.38 1.1

White collar ......................................................................... 26.22 2.9 25.89 3.6 27.57 .9

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 28.19 3.1 28.36 4.0 27.59 .9

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 30.85 3.6 30.73 4.9 31.16 1.0

Professional specialty ................................................... 32.47 4.1 32.90 6.1 31.60 1.1

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... ––––––

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 33.08 3.4 33.45 3.5 28.75 1.8

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 33.25 3.3 33.64 3.4 28.75 1.8

Natural scientists ...................................................... 24.86 21.2 – – – –

Health related ........................................................... 34.32 9.7 35.37 11.4 29.68 3.7

Physicians ............................................................ 92.74 19.9 101.03 14.2 – –

Registered nurses ................................................ 31.83 2.2 32.09 2.7 30.61 1.1

Teachers, college and university .............................. 33.09 2.7 – – – –

Teachers, except college and university .................. 32.23 1.2 22.89 17.1 33.22 1.5

Elementary school teachers ................................. 32.45 .2 – – 33.42 .3

Secondary school teachers .................................. 32.45 5.7 – – 33.87 3.9

Teachers, special education ................................. 33.14 4.8 – – 33.14 4.8

Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................... 33.00 .3 – – 33.00 .2

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... 36.35 2.8 – – – –

Librarians .............................................................. 36.35 2.8 – – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 23.35 16.2 21.26 17.5 34.50 6.2

Economists ........................................................... 35.28 14.6 35.28 14.6 – –

Psychologists ........................................................ 19.91 14.5 – – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 20.73 8.5 – – 22.91 .7

Social workers ...................................................... 19.87 7.8 – – – –

Lawyers and judges .................................................. 37.86 5.3 – – 38.37 10.8

Lawyers ................................................................ 36.90 4.1 – – 34.94 4.5

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ 29.74 25.7 29.92 27.7 – –

Technical ...................................................................... 25.59 4.0 25.78 4.2 22.20 3.8

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 21.49 3.3 21.76 4.0 – –

Radiological technicians ....................................... 29.57 8.9 – – – –

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 19.92 3.0 20.14 3.4 – –

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 19.07 15.5 19.07 15.5 – –

Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... 24.84 12.4 24.84 12.4 – –

Drafters ................................................................. 22.91 5.5 22.91 5.5 – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 28.01 4.2 – – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 35.57 4.0 35.66 4.4 34.89 7.7

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 37.86 4.8 37.35 5.3 41.95 8.1

Financial managers .............................................. 27.98 9.1 27.98 9.1 – –

Administrators, education and related fields ......... 39.09 8.7 – – 39.48 10.0

Managers, medicine and health ........................... 38.74 9.3 38.74 9.3 – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 37.69 6.5 37.43 6.6 – –

Management related ................................................. 33.46 7.2 34.10 7.9 28.10 4.0

Accountants and auditors ..................................... 27.10 11.4 27.17 13.0 – –

Other financial officers .......................................... 35.24 4.4 – – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ....................................................... 25.99 2.0 25.99 2.0 – –

Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 42.95 22.8 44.93 23.4 – –

Sales ................................................................................ 15.98 8.3 15.96 8.3 – –

Supervisors, sales ................................................ 27.37 8.4 27.40 8.5 – –

Sales, other business services ............................. 15.33 16.2 15.33 16.2 – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale ................................................. 16.92 14.5 16.92 14.5 – –

Sales workers, apparel ......................................... 9.74 2.4 9.74 2.4 – –

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 10.13 12.2 10.13 12.2 – –

Cashiers ............................................................... 11.38 7.3 11.38 7.3 – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 16.85 2.9 17.10 3.7 16.02 1.6

Supervisors, general office ................................... 17.74 8.8 – – – –

Secretaries ........................................................... 17.78 4.0 18.40 5.1 15.70 3.4

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,

National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... $16.19 2.6 – – – –

Receptionists ........................................................ 12.73 7.2 $12.69 7.5 – –

Order clerks .......................................................... 15.30 9.6 15.30 9.6 – –

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping 17.60 4.3 – – – –

Library clerks ........................................................ 12.14 7.3 – – $12.02 7.8

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 13.47 4.6 – – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 17.09 4.6 16.94 5.4 17.68 6.7

Billing clerks .......................................................... 15.50 6.8 14.55 8.8 – –

General office clerks ............................................. 16.41 3.7 16.05 5.7 17.19 1.6

Teachers’ aides .................................................... 13.45 2.3 – – 13.45 2.3

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 16.35 3.1 17.56 4.0 14.54 4.0

Blue collar ........................................................................... 18.82 2.8 18.58 3.0 21.19 1.9

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 24.18 2.3 24.10 2.6 25.17 1.4

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 31.20 9.3 30.89 10.8 – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... 23.00 4.5 23.08 4.8 – –

Aircraft engine mechanics .................................... 23.82 12.0 23.82 12.0 – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 20.71 8.6 20.83 10.2 – –

Carpenters ............................................................ 26.33 10.8 26.59 11.0 – –

Electricians ........................................................... 27.86 4.6 27.52 5.5 – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................... 20.56 8.7 – – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 19.12 3.1 19.12 3.1 – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 16.46 7.7 16.46 7.7 – –

Assemblers ........................................................... 20.42 6.2 20.42 6.2 – –

Transportation and material moving ............................ 19.15 6.3 18.75 9.2 20.11 1.6

Truck drivers ......................................................... 18.17 3.6 18.21 3.9 – –

Bus drivers ............................................................ 17.36 6.5 – – 18.83 4.0

Operating engineers ............................................. 26.73 7.6 – – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 17.14 7.0 17.14 7.0 – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. .............................................. 18.92 6.9 – – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 12.48 4.8 12.21 5.0 18.07 1.7

Construction laborers ........................................... 19.73 .5 – – – –

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 10.41 4.9 10.41 4.9 – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 14.00 2.2 14.00 2.2 – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 10.30 10.3 10.24 10.4 – –

Service ................................................................................. 14.21 4.9 11.44 4.2 21.95 3.6

Protective service ..................................................... 24.68 4.9 13.48 6.6 26.25 5.3

Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... 36.05 2.8 – – 36.05 2.8

Firefighting ............................................................ 27.86 4.7 – – 27.86 4.7

Police and detectives, public service .................... 27.56 1.3 – – 27.56 1.3

Correctional institution officers ............................. 20.42 12.9 – – 20.42 12.9

Guards and police, except public service ............. 13.91 6.0 13.92 6.3 – –

Food service ............................................................. 10.06 3.7 9.89 3.3 12.34 2.8

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 7.37 3.4 7.37 3.4 – –

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 7.39 5.1 7.39 5.1 – –

Other food service .................................................. 11.08 1.3 10.95 1.3 12.34 2.8

Cooks ................................................................... 13.20 2.5 13.12 2.8 – –

Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 9.37 3.4 9.34 3.4 – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 9.25 7.2 8.84 5.1 – –

Health service ........................................................... 12.64 3.3 12.33 4.0 14.77 .4

Health aides, except nursing ................................ 14.23 13.7 14.12 15.6 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 12.18 3.3 11.80 4.3 14.70 1.6

Cleaning and building service ................................... 12.50 7.1 11.99 8.2 14.97 3.9

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 13.14 3.7 12.58 5.1 14.98 3.8

Personal service ....................................................... 12.60 5.3 12.45 6.0 13.71 4.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,

National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................... $10.57 15.5 – – – –

Service, n.e.c. ....................................................... 11.75 10.3 $11.75 10.3 – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used

to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.

4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around

a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 

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Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

All ............................................................................................. $23.36 2.5 $22.75 3.0 $26.37 1.0

All excluding sales ............................................................ 23.91 2.6 23.37 3.1 26.37 1.1

White collar ......................................................................... 26.98 3.0 26.57 3.7 28.86 .6

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 28.61 3.4 28.54 4.2 28.87 .6

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 30.96 4.0 30.79 5.4 31.43 .6

Professional specialty ................................................... 32.56 4.5 32.90 6.7 31.88 .8

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... ––––––

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 32.95 3.6 33.32 3.7 28.75 1.8

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 33.12 3.6 33.52 3.7 28.75 1.8

Natural scientists ...................................................... 24.86 21.2 – – – –

Health related ........................................................... 34.66 12.1 35.91 14.4 29.31 4.0

Registered nurses ................................................ 31.74 2.6 32.00 3.3 30.58 1.0

Teachers, college and university .............................. 32.99 3.4 – – – –

Teachers, except college and university .................. 32.41 1.2 22.89 19.4 33.38 1.5

Elementary school teachers ................................. 32.49 .3 – – 33.50 .2

Secondary school teachers .................................. 32.68 5.3 – – 33.90 3.8

Teachers, special education ................................. 33.14 4.8 – – 33.14 4.8

Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................... 32.97 .3 – – 33.00 .2

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... ––––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 23.35 16.2 21.26 17.5 34.50 6.2

Economists ........................................................... 35.28 14.6 35.28 14.6 – –

Psychologists ........................................................ 19.91 14.5 – – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 20.52 10.3 – – – –

Social workers ...................................................... 19.46 9.1 – – – –

Lawyers and judges .................................................. 37.86 5.3 – – 38.37 10.8

Lawyers ................................................................ 36.90 4.1 – – 34.94 4.5

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ 30.01 26.4 30.21 28.6 – –

Technical ...................................................................... 25.93 4.2 26.13 4.4 22.03 3.0

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 21.44 3.0 – – – –

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 19.85 3.6 20.13 4.0 – –

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 19.15 16.0 19.15 16.0 – –

Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... 26.02 11.0 26.02 11.0 – –

Drafters ................................................................. 22.91 5.5 22.91 5.5 – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 28.01 4.2 – – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 35.58 4.1 35.67 4.4 34.81 9.4

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 37.78 4.8 37.35 5.3 41.34 9.1

Financial managers .............................................. 27.98 9.1 27.98 9.1 – –

Administrators, education and related fields ......... 39.09 8.7 – – 39.48 10.0

Managers, medicine and health ........................... 38.74 9.3 38.74 9.3 – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 37.69 6.5 37.43 6.6 – –

Management related ................................................. 33.50 7.4 34.10 8.0 27.98 4.1

Accountants and auditors ..................................... 27.16 11.6 27.24 13.4 – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ....................................................... 25.99 2.0 25.99 2.0 – –

Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 43.60 22.7 45.04 23.4 – –

Sales ................................................................................ 17.32 8.7 17.30 8.8 – –

Supervisors, sales ................................................ 27.37 8.4 27.40 8.5 – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale ................................................. 16.92 14.5 16.92 14.5 – –

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 11.35 11.5 11.35 11.5 – –

Cashiers ............................................................... 11.88 5.1 11.88 5.1 – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 17.31 3.1 17.36 3.8 17.09 1.8

Supervisors, general office ................................... 17.74 8.8 – – – –

Secretaries ........................................................... 18.17 3.8 18.82 4.6 15.85 4.4

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 16.15 2.9 – – – –

Receptionists ........................................................ 13.05 7.2 13.02 7.4 – –

Order clerks .......................................................... 15.53 8.7 15.53 8.7 – –

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping 17.60 4.3 – – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 13.49 5.2 – – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 17.09 4.6 16.94 5.4 17.68 6.7

See footnotes at end of table.

6
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

General office clerks ............................................. $16.77 4.1 $16.22 5.9 $18.35 3.9

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 16.35 3.2 17.56 4.0 – –

Blue collar ........................................................................... 19.74 3.3 19.53 3.6 21.90 1.1

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 24.30 2.3 24.22 2.5 25.17 1.4

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 31.20 9.3 30.89 10.8 – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... 23.00 4.5 23.08 4.8 – –

Aircraft engine mechanics .................................... 23.82 12.0 23.82 12.0 – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 20.71 8.6 20.83 10.2 – –

Carpenters ............................................................ 26.33 10.8 26.59 11.0 – –

Electricians ........................................................... 27.86 4.6 27.52 5.5 – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................... 20.56 8.7 – – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 19.77 4.1 19.77 4.1 – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 16.46 7.7 16.46 7.7 – –

Transportation and material moving ............................ 19.61 7.7 19.13 10.4 21.05 1.3

Truck drivers ......................................................... 18.10 3.8 18.12 4.1 – –

Bus drivers ............................................................ 17.50 8.6 – – 19.68 4.5

Operating engineers ............................................. 26.73 7.6 – – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 17.14 7.0 17.14 7.0 – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. .............................................. 19.22 7.1 – – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 13.46 5.9 13.16 6.2 18.29 .6

Construction laborers ........................................... 19.73 .5 – – – –

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 12.36 4.5 12.36 4.5 – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 14.31 2.2 14.31 2.2 – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 10.95 13.7 10.89 13.7 – –

Service ................................................................................. 15.15 3.6 12.11 3.7 22.58 3.7

Protective service ..................................................... 24.68 5.2 13.90 6.5 26.08 5.6

Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... 36.05 2.8 – – 36.05 2.8

Firefighting ............................................................ 27.86 4.7 – – 27.86 4.7

Police and detectives, public service .................... 27.21 2.4 – – 27.21 2.4

Correctional institution officers ............................. 20.42 12.9 – – 20.42 12.9

Guards and police, except public service ............. 13.90 6.1 13.90 6.5 – –

Food service ............................................................. 10.94 4.4 10.82 4.5 – –

Other food service .................................................. 11.73 2.5 11.64 2.7 – –

Cooks ................................................................... 13.38 3.2 13.29 3.6 – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 10.11 8.6 – – – –

Health service ........................................................... 12.69 5.1 12.34 6.3 14.76 .4

Health aides, except nursing ................................ 14.27 13.6 14.18 15.4 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 12.15 3.1 11.68 4.1 14.70 1.6

Cleaning and building service ................................... 12.97 5.7 12.49 6.9 15.00 3.9

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 13.21 3.8 12.67 5.3 14.97 3.9

Personal service ....................................................... 13.06 5.4 13.11 5.5 – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.

3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used

to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around

a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 

7
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

All ............................................................................................. $14.29 4.6 $12.70 5.8 $19.46 2.8

All excluding sales ............................................................ 15.10 6.3 13.39 8.0 19.50 2.7

White collar ......................................................................... 18.55 7.1 17.46 10.6 20.70 2.6

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 22.74 3.0 24.72 4.2 20.76 2.9

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 29.36 3.2 29.80 3.8 28.66 5.6

Professional specialty ................................................... 31.33 3.8 32.97 3.6 29.04 5.7

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... ––––––

Health related ........................................................... 32.63 4.0 32.75 4.7 31.96 3.3

Registered nurses ................................................ 32.31 2.3 32.56 2.7 – –

Teachers, college and university .............................. ––––––

Teachers, except college and university .................. 26.09 6.8 – – 26.89 3.9

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... ––––––

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. ––––––

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ ––––––

Technical ...................................................................... 18.40 8.0 17.44 8.3 – –

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 20.19 .9 20.19 1.1 – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 35.06 12.6 – – – –

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... ––––––

Management related ................................................. ––––––

Sales ................................................................................ 10.15 7.9 10.14 8.0 – –

Cashiers ............................................................... 10.64 10.9 10.62 11.0 – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 13.47 2.6 12.65 6.1 13.93 2.3

Receptionists ........................................................ 11.05 17.9 11.05 17.9 – –

Library clerks ........................................................ 12.02 7.8 – – 12.02 7.8

General office clerks ............................................. 13.99 4.6 – – 14.36 5.5

Teachers’ aides .................................................... 13.50 2.8 – – 13.50 2.8

Blue collar ........................................................................... 10.35 6.6 9.38 5.2 16.71 1.0

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ ––––––

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ ––––––

Transportation and material moving ............................ 15.52 11.2 13.69 26.8 16.89 1.8

Bus drivers ............................................................ 16.86 2.1 – – 16.86 2.1

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 8.97 2.1 8.95 2.1 – –

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 8.89 4.9 8.89 4.9 – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 11.34 4.5 11.34 4.5 – –

Service ................................................................................. 10.15 10.3 9.01 6.7 16.61 17.1

Protective service ..................................................... ––––––

Food service ............................................................. 8.34 5.4 8.05 3.7 11.53 1.6

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 7.48 4.6 7.48 4.6 – –

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 7.53 6.9 7.53 6.9 – –

Other food service .................................................. 9.12 4.5 8.66 2.9 11.53 1.6

Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 9.33 2.3 – – – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 8.50 6.2 8.37 5.5 – –

Health service ........................................................... 12.34 11.3 12.28 11.7 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 12.31 12.2 12.31 12.2 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

8
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Service –Continued

Cleaning and building service ................................... $9.41 12.3 $9.11 11.4 – –

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 11.66 5.8 – – – –

Personal service ....................................................... 11.15 8.6 9.14 4.1 $14.22 2.3

Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................... 11.08 15.2 – – – –

Service, n.e.c. ....................................................... 10.12 7.7 10.12 7.7 – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.

3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used

to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around

a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 

9
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours5

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours5

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 5

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

All ............................................................... $933 2.7 39.9 $911 3.3 40.0 $1,043 1.0 39.6

All excluding sales .............................. 952 2.6 39.8 931 3.2 39.8 1,043 1.0 39.6

White collar ........................................... 1,083 3.1 40.1 1,073 3.7 40.4 1,128 .6 39.1

White collar excluding sales ........... 1,142 3.3 39.9 1,146 4.2 40.1 1,128 .6 39.1

Professional specialty and

technical ...................................... 1,229 4.1 39.7 1,232 5.5 40.0 1,219 .7 38.8

Professional specialty ..................... 1,282 4.5 39.4 1,306 6.7 39.7 1,235 .9 38.7

Engineers, architects, and

surveyors .............................. – – – – – – – – –

Mathematical and computer

scientists ............................... 1,317 3.6 40.0 1,332 3.7 40.0 1,145 2.0 39.8

Computer systems analysts

and scientists .................... 1,324 3.6 40.0 1,340 3.7 40.0 1,145 2.0 39.8

Natural scientists ........................ 994 21.2 40.0 – – – – – –

Health related ............................. 1,370 12.4 39.5 1,419 14.7 39.5 1,163 4.0 39.7

Registered nurses .................. 1,251 2.8 39.4 1,260 3.5 39.4 1,208 1.4 39.5

Teachers, college and university 1,319 3.4 40.0 – – – – – –

Teachers, except college and

university .............................. 1,232 .9 38.0 917 19.3 40.1 1,263 1.2 37.8

Elementary school teachers ... 1,232 .4 37.9 – – – 1,259 .5 37.6

Secondary school teachers .... 1,232 4.1 37.7 – – – 1,272 2.5 37.5

Teachers, special education ... 1,246 3.9 37.6 – – – 1,246 3.9 37.6

Teachers, n.e.c. ...................... 1,321 .2 40.1 – – – 1,320 .2 40.0

Librarians, archivists, and

curators ................................. – – – – – – – – –

Social scientists and urban

planners ................................ 915 16.8 39.2 835 18.5 39.3 1,333 4.9 38.6

Economists ............................. 1,411 14.6 40.0 1,411 14.6 40.0 – – –

Psychologists .......................... 775 15.2 38.9 – – – – – –

Social, recreation, and religious

workers ................................. 820 10.3 40.0 – – – – – –

Social workers ........................ 778 9.0 40.0 – – – – – –

Lawyers and judges .................... 1,435 9.2 37.9 – – – 1,509 12.8 39.3

Lawyers .................................. 1,395 8.3 37.8 – – – 1,370 6.6 39.2

Writers, authors, entertainers,

athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ..................................... 1,197 26.4 39.9 1,209 28.6 40.0 – – –

Technical ........................................ 1,055 6.1 40.7 1,064 6.4 40.7 881 3.0 40.0

Clinical laboratory

technologists and

technicians ........................ 834 1.5 38.9 – – – – – –

Licensed practical nurses ....... 773 4.9 39.0 780 5.7 38.8 – – –

Health technologists and

technicians, n.e.c. ............. 728 20.0 38.0 728 20.0 38.0 – – –

Electrical and electronic

technicians ........................ 1,041 11.0 40.0 1,041 11.0 40.0 – – –

Drafters ................................... 916 5.5 40.0 916 5.5 40.0 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .. 1,248 6.1 44.6 – – – – – –

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ................................... 1,448 4.1 40.7 1,455 4.5 40.8 1,388 9.7 39.9

Executives, administrators, and

managers .............................. 1,509 4.9 39.9 1,491 5.4 39.9 1,654 9.1 40.0

Financial managers ................ 1,119 9.1 40.0 1,119 9.1 40.0 – – –

Administrators, education and

related fields ..................... 1,563 8.7 40.0 – – – 1,579 10.0 40.0

Managers, medicine and

health ................................ 1,549 9.3 40.0 1,549 9.3 40.0 – – –

Managers and administrators,

n.e.c. ................................. 1,508 6.5 40.0 1,497 6.6 40.0 – – –

Management related ................... 1,389 7.5 41.5 1,420 8.1 41.7 1,112 4.4 39.7

Accountants and auditors ....... 1,086 11.6 40.0 1,090 13.4 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours5

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours5

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 5

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and

managerial –Continued

Management related –Continued

Personnel, training, and labor

relations specialists .......... $1,040 2.0 40.0 $1,040 2.0 40.0 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. .... 1,907 28.8 43.7 1,993 29.8 44.3 – – –

Sales .................................................. 720 11.6 41.6 719 11.7 41.6 – – –

Supervisors, sales .................. 1,182 6.5 43.2 1,185 6.5 43.2 – – –

Sales representatives, mining,

manufacturing, and

wholesale .......................... 677 14.5 40.0 677 14.5 40.0 – – –

Sales workers, other

commodities ..................... 444 11.7 39.1 444 11.7 39.1 – – –

Cashiers ................................. 461 3.9 38.8 461 3.9 38.8 – – –

Administrative support, including

clerical ......................................... 688 3.1 39.8 691 3.8 39.8 $678 1.8 39.7

Supervisors, general office ..... 705 8.3 39.8 – – – – – –

Secretaries ............................. 716 4.2 39.4 739 5.0 39.2 634 4.4 40.0

Transportation ticket and

reservation agents ............ 646 2.9 40.0 – – – – – –

Receptionists .......................... 520 7.0 39.8 518 7.3 39.8 – – –

Order clerks ............................ 621 8.7 40.0 621 8.7 40.0 – – –

Personnel clerks, except

payroll and timekeeping .... 692 4.0 39.3 – – – – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. 527 5.5 39.1 – – – – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and

auditing clerks ................... 678 3.9 39.7 672 4.5 39.7 701 6.2 39.6

General office clerks ............... 668 4.2 39.8 646 6.0 39.8 731 3.5 39.9

Administrative support, n.e.c. 654 3.2 40.0 702 4.0 40.0 – – –

Blue collar ............................................. 788 3.3 39.9 780 3.6 39.9 872 1.2 39.8

Precision production, craft, and

repair ............................................ 970 2.3 39.9 967 2.6 39.9 1,007 1.4 40.0

Supervisors, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 1,248 9.3 40.0 1,236 10.8 40.0 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary

engine mechanics ............. 920 4.5 40.0 923 4.8 40.0 – – –

Aircraft engine mechanics ...... 953 12.0 40.0 953 12.0 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers,

n.e.c. ................................. 828 8.6 40.0 833 10.2 40.0 – – –

Carpenters .............................. 1,053 10.8 40.0 1,064 11.0 40.0 – – –

Electricians ............................. 1,114 4.6 40.0 1,101 5.5 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ...... 822 8.7 40.0 – – – – – –

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors ............................ 791 4.1 40.0 791 4.1 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 658 7.7 40.0 658 7.7 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material

moving ......................................... 783 7.7 39.9 765 10.4 40.0 835 1.4 39.7

Truck drivers ........................... 722 3.8 39.9 725 4.1 40.0 – – –

Bus drivers .............................. 696 8.4 39.8 – – – 780 4.5 39.6

Operating engineers ............... 1,069 7.6 40.0 – – – – – –

Industrial truck and tractor

equipment operators ......... 686 7.0 40.0 686 7.0 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

11
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours5

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours5

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 5

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Transportation and material

moving –Continued

Miscellaneous material

moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ $769 7.1 40.0 – – – – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ................. 537 5.9 39.9 $525 6.1 39.9 $731 0.6 40.0

Construction laborers ............. 789 .5 40.0 – – – – – –

Stock handlers and baggers ... 484 4.1 39.2 484 4.1 39.2 – – –

Freight, stock, and material

handlers, n.e.c. ................. 573 2.2 40.0 573 2.2 40.0 – – –

Laborers, except construction,

n.e.c. ................................. 438 13.7 40.0 435 13.7 40.0 – – –

Service ................................................... 592 4.0 39.1 465 4.0 38.4 920 4.0 40.7

Protective service ....................... 1,008 5.6 40.9 549 7.5 39.5 1,070 6.0 41.0

Supervisors, police and

detectives ......................... 1,442 2.8 40.0 – – – 1,442 2.8 40.0

Firefighting .............................. 1,285 4.9 46.1 – – – 1,285 4.9 46.1

Police and detectives, public

service .............................. 1,088 2.4 40.0 – – – 1,088 2.4 40.0

Correctional institution officers 817 12.9 40.0 – – – 817 12.9 40.0

Guards and police, except

public service .................... 542 7.5 39.0 549 7.5 39.5 – – –

Food service ............................... 423 5.1 38.6 417 5.1 38.5 – – –

Other food service .................... 463 2.2 39.5 459 2.3 39.4 – – –

Cooks ..................................... 533 2.9 39.8 529 3.3 39.8 – – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... 362 13.4 35.8 – – – – – –

Health service ............................. 484 4.9 38.2 467 6.1 37.9 590 .4 40.0

Health aides, except nursing .. 571 13.6 40.0 567 15.4 40.0 – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and

attendants ......................... 457 1.9 37.6 434 2.7 37.2 588 1.6 40.0

Cleaning and building service ..... 518 5.6 39.9 499 6.8 39.9 600 3.9 40.0

Janitors and cleaners ............. 528 3.8 40.0 507 5.3 40.0 599 3.9 40.0

Personal service ......................... 482 5.0 36.9 483 5.1 36.9 – – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a

35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one

establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is

the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a

sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a

week, exclusive of overtime.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 

12
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours5

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours5

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 5

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

All ............................................................... $46,437 2.7 1,988 $46,155 3.3 2,028 $47,690 1.0 1,809

All excluding sales .............................. 47,192 2.6 1,973 47,070 3.2 2,014 47,683 1.0 1,808

White collar ........................................... 52,481 3.1 1,945 53,475 3.7 2,012 48,624 .6 1,685

White collar excluding sales ........... 54,724 3.3 1,913 56,602 4.2 1,983 48,615 .6 1,684

Professional specialty and

technical ...................................... 55,584 4.1 1,796 58,164 5.5 1,889 49,473 .7 1,574

Professional specialty ..................... 55,767 4.5 1,713 59,246 6.7 1,801 49,603 .9 1,556

Engineers, architects, and

surveyors .............................. – – – – – – – – –

Mathematical and computer

scientists ............................... 68,468 3.6 2,078 69,274 3.7 2,079 59,552 2.0 2,072

Computer systems analysts

and scientists .................... 68,834 3.6 2,078 69,685 3.7 2,079 59,552 2.0 2,072

Natural scientists ........................ 51,713 21.2 2,080 – – – – – –

Health related ............................. 49,294 12.4 1,422 48,041 14.7 1,338 57,077 4.0 1,947

Registered nurses .................. 39,765 2.8 1,253 37,294 3.5 1,166 57,724 1.4 1,888

Teachers, college and university 47,990 3.4 1,455 – – – – – –

Teachers, except college and

university .............................. 45,053 .9 1,390 35,717 19.3 1,561 45,895 1.2 1,375

Elementary school teachers ... 45,006 .4 1,385 – – – 45,786 .5 1,367

Secondary school teachers .... 44,900 4.1 1,374 – – – 46,168 2.5 1,362

Teachers, special education ... 45,291 3.9 1,367 – – – 45,291 3.9 1,367

Teachers, n.e.c. ...................... 47,960 .2 1,455 – – – 47,848 .2 1,450

Librarians, archivists, and

curators ................................. – – – – – – – – –

Social scientists and urban

planners ................................ 45,531 16.8 1,950 43,430 18.5 2,043 54,136 4.9 1,569

Economists ............................. 73,386 14.6 2,080 73,386 14.6 2,080 – – –

Psychologists .......................... 38,058 15.2 1,911 – – – – – –

Social, recreation, and religious

workers ................................. 41,934 10.3 2,044 – – – – – –

Social workers ........................ 39,718 9.0 2,041 – – – – – –

Lawyers and judges .................... 74,606 9.2 1,970 – – – 78,459 12.8 2,045

Lawyers .................................. 72,535 8.3 1,966 – – – 71,249 6.6 2,039

Writers, authors, entertainers,

athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ..................................... 57,038 26.4 1,900 57,128 28.6 1,891 – – –

Technical ........................................ 54,877 6.1 2,117 55,350 6.4 2,118 45,832 3.0 2,080

Clinical laboratory

technologists and

technicians ........................ 43,376 1.5 2,023 – – – – – –

Licensed practical nurses ....... 40,218 4.9 2,026 40,573 5.7 2,016 – – –

Health technologists and

technicians, n.e.c. ............. 37,852 20.0 1,977 37,852 20.0 1,977 – – –

Electrical and electronic

technicians ........................ 54,217 11.0 2,083 54,217 11.0 2,083 – – –

Drafters ................................... 47,656 5.5 2,080 47,656 5.5 2,080 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .. 64,917 6.1 2,317 – – – – – –

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ................................... 75,039 4.1 2,109 75,675 4.5 2,122 69,806 9.7 2,005

Executives, administrators, and

managers .............................. 78,076 4.9 2,067 77,548 5.4 2,076 82,238 9.1 1,989

Financial managers ................ 58,195 9.1 2,080 58,195 9.1 2,080 – – –

Administrators, education and

related fields ..................... 77,615 8.7 1,986 – – – 77,629 10.0 1,966

Managers, medicine and

health ................................ 80,572 9.3 2,080 80,572 9.3 2,080 – – –

Managers and administrators,

n.e.c. ................................. 78,391 6.5 2,080 77,860 6.6 2,080 – – –

Management related ................... 72,053 7.5 2,151 73,850 8.1 2,166 56,602 4.4 2,023

Accountants and auditors ....... 56,490 11.6 2,080 56,663 13.4 2,080 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours5

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours5

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 5

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and

managerial –Continued

Management related –Continued

Personnel, training, and labor

relations specialists .......... $54,065 2.0 2,080 $54,065 2.0 2,080 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. .... 99,183 28.8 2,275 103,661 29.8 2,301 – – –

Sales .................................................. 37,456 11.6 2,163 37,408 11.7 2,163 – – –

Supervisors, sales .................. 61,478 6.5 2,246 61,614 6.5 2,249 – – –

Sales representatives, mining,

manufacturing, and

wholesale .......................... 35,194 14.5 2,080 35,194 14.5 2,080 – – –

Sales workers, other

commodities ..................... 23,063 11.7 2,031 23,063 11.7 2,031 – – –

Cashiers ................................. 23,970 3.9 2,018 23,970 3.9 2,018 – – –

Administrative support, including

clerical ......................................... 35,617 3.1 2,057 35,923 3.8 2,069 $34,209 1.8 2,002

Supervisors, general office ..... 36,679 8.3 2,068 – – – – – –

Secretaries ............................. 37,040 4.2 2,038 38,415 5.0 2,041 32,162 4.4 2,030

Transportation ticket and

reservation agents ............ 33,589 2.9 2,080 – – – – – –

Receptionists .......................... 27,029 7.0 2,071 26,959 7.3 2,071 – – –

Order clerks ............................ 32,298 8.7 2,080 32,298 8.7 2,080 – – –

Personnel clerks, except

payroll and timekeeping .... 35,981 4.0 2,045 – – – – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. 27,414 5.5 2,031 – – – – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and

auditing clerks ................... 35,097 3.9 2,054 34,955 4.5 2,063 35,648 6.2 2,016

General office clerks ............... 34,714 4.2 2,070 33,570 6.0 2,069 38,024 3.5 2,072

Administrative support, n.e.c. 33,512 3.2 2,050 36,520 4.0 2,080 – – –

Blue collar ............................................. 40,826 3.3 2,068 40,501 3.6 2,074 44,033 1.2 2,011

Precision production, craft, and

repair ............................................ 50,166 2.3 2,065 50,082 2.6 2,068 51,104 1.4 2,030

Supervisors, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 64,886 9.3 2,080 64,251 10.8 2,080 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary

engine mechanics ............. 47,839 4.5 2,080 48,006 4.8 2,080 – – –

Aircraft engine mechanics ...... 49,609 12.0 2,083 49,609 12.0 2,083 – – –

Mechanics and repairers,

n.e.c. ................................. 42,028 8.6 2,029 43,354 10.2 2,081 – – –

Carpenters .............................. 54,774 10.8 2,080 55,307 11.0 2,080 – – –

Electricians ............................. 57,949 4.6 2,080 57,237 5.5 2,080 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ...... 42,769 8.7 2,080 – – – – – –

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors ............................ 41,164 4.1 2,082 41,164 4.1 2,082 – – –

Miscellaneous machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 34,232 7.7 2,080 34,232 7.7 2,080 – – –

Transportation and material

moving ......................................... 40,401 7.7 2,060 39,785 10.4 2,080 42,152 1.4 2,002

Truck drivers ........................... 37,301 3.8 2,060 37,686 4.1 2,080 – – –

Bus drivers .............................. 35,522 8.4 2,030 – – – 39,353 4.5 1,999

Operating engineers ............... 55,603 7.6 2,080 – – – – – –

Industrial truck and tractor

equipment operators ......... 35,657 7.0 2,080 35,657 7.0 2,080 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours5

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours5

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 5

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Transportation and material

moving –Continued

Miscellaneous material

moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ $39,981 7.1 2,080 – – – – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ................. 27,822 5.9 2,068 $27,269 6.1 2,072 $36,561 0.6 1,999

Construction laborers ............. 40,538 .5 2,054 – – – – – –

Stock handlers and baggers ... 25,178 4.1 2,037 25,178 4.1 2,037 – – –

Freight, stock, and material

handlers, n.e.c. ................. 29,771 2.2 2,080 29,771 2.2 2,080 – – –

Laborers, except construction,

n.e.c. ................................. 22,785 13.7 2,080 22,641 13.7 2,080 – – –

Service ................................................... 30,517 4.0 2,015 24,066 4.0 1,988 47,084 4.0 2,085

Protective service ....................... 52,271 5.6 2,118 28,565 7.5 2,055 55,455 6.0 2,127

Supervisors, police and

detectives ......................... 74,976 2.8 2,080 – – – 74,976 2.8 2,080

Firefighting .............................. 66,810 4.9 2,398 – – – 66,810 4.9 2,398

Police and detectives, public

service .............................. 56,590 2.4 2,080 – – – 56,590 2.4 2,080

Correctional institution officers 42,484 12.9 2,080 – – – 42,484 12.9 2,080

Guards and police, except

public service .................... 27,489 7.5 1,978 28,565 7.5 2,055 – – –

Food service ............................... 21,978 5.1 2,008 21,678 5.1 2,004 – – –

Other food service .................... 24,071 2.2 2,052 23,855 2.3 2,050 – – –

Cooks ..................................... 27,699 2.9 2,070 27,505 3.3 2,069 – – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... 18,809 13.4 1,861 – – – – – –

Health service ............................. 25,173 4.9 1,984 24,302 6.1 1,969 30,703 .4 2,080

Health aides, except nursing .. 29,678 13.6 2,080 29,492 15.4 2,080 – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and

attendants ......................... 23,750 1.9 1,954 22,577 2.7 1,932 30,571 1.6 2,080

Cleaning and building service ..... 26,494 5.6 2,043 25,861 6.8 2,071 29,006 3.9 1,934

Janitors and cleaners ............. 26,913 3.8 2,037 26,263 5.3 2,073 28,877 3.9 1,929

Personal service ......................... 24,289 5.0 1,860 24,416 5.1 1,863 – – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a

35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one

establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is

the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a

sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,

exclusive of overtime.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 

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Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All ............................................................................................. $22.39 2.4 $21.76 2.9 $25.37 1.1

All excluding sales ............................................................ 23.05 2.6 22.49 3.2 25.38 1.1

White collar ......................................................................... 26.22 2.9 25.89 3.6 27.57 .9

 1 ...................................................................... 7.80 4.2 7.74 4.3 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 12.10 4.5 12.05 4.6 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 12.59 4.4 12.27 5.7 13.79 3.5

 4 ...................................................................... 15.23 3.2 15.04 4.0 16.04 2.4

 5 ...................................................................... 17.08 3.1 16.88 4.0 17.92 3.7

 6 ...................................................................... 20.93 8.4 20.95 8.8 20.47 9.5

 7 ...................................................................... 22.77 4.8 22.84 5.2 22.17 7.9

 8 ...................................................................... 26.39 3.3 26.04 3.9 28.46 4.0

 9 ...................................................................... 30.31 1.1 29.65 2.0 31.10 1.1

10 ...................................................................... 33.15 2.1 32.26 3.2 35.28 1.5

11 ...................................................................... 36.12 2.3 36.12 2.7 36.10 4.0

12 ...................................................................... 48.65 9.1 50.54 10.1 37.55 10.2

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 32.13 4.3 31.96 4.6 34.29 14.1

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 28.19 3.1 28.36 4.0 27.59 .9

 2 ...................................................................... 16.51 9.8 16.97 11.7 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 13.18 2.8 12.90 3.6 13.83 3.4

 4 ...................................................................... 15.93 3.6 15.90 4.8 16.04 2.4

 5 ...................................................................... 17.12 3.3 16.73 4.6 17.92 3.7

 6 ...................................................................... 21.50 9.4 21.56 10.0 20.47 9.5

 7 ...................................................................... 22.02 3.0 22.00 3.2 22.17 7.9

 8 ...................................................................... 26.46 3.4 26.11 4.0 28.46 4.0

 9 ...................................................................... 30.25 1.1 29.47 2.2 31.10 1.1

10 ...................................................................... 33.18 2.2 32.26 3.4 35.28 1.5

11 ...................................................................... 35.98 2.6 35.95 3.1 36.10 4.0

12 ...................................................................... 48.65 9.1 50.54 10.1 37.55 10.2

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 32.46 4.4 32.29 4.7 34.66 15.2

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 30.85 3.6 30.73 4.9 31.16 1.0

Professional specialty ................................................... 32.47 4.1 32.90 6.1 31.60 1.1

 5 ...................................................................... 15.02 15.2 14.38 17.0 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 23.38 22.2 23.72 22.5 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 23.10 10.5 23.11 11.2 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 27.88 2.4 27.56 3.2 28.63 3.9

 9 ...................................................................... 30.63 1.1 29.94 2.5 31.26 1.0

10 ...................................................................... 34.15 3.1 33.29 5.4 35.42 1.8

11 ...................................................................... 35.86 1.9 35.97 2.2 35.29 1.7

12 ...................................................................... 47.15 13.3 49.40 14.7 – –

13 ...................................................................... 55.62 7.1 56.02 7.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 33.77 5.2 34.22 4.9 – –

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... – –––––

12 ...................................................................... 41.90 1.5 ––––

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 33.08 3.4 33.45 3.5 28.75 1.8

 7 ...................................................................... 26.72 16.8 26.72 16.8 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 26.89 4.2 27.05 4.5 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 29.90 6.5 30.70 7.3 – –

11 ...................................................................... 33.81 3.6 34.12 4.0 – –

12 ...................................................................... 39.83 5.9 42.32 .3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 34.10 7.6 34.10 7.6 – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 33.25 3.3 33.64 3.4 28.75 1.8

 7 ...................................................................... 26.72 16.8 26.72 16.8 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 26.89 4.2 27.05 4.5 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 30.39 6.2 31.38 6.6 – –

11 ...................................................................... 33.81 3.6 34.12 4.0 – –

12 ...................................................................... 39.83 5.9 42.32 .3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 34.59 7.0 34.59 7.0 – –

Natural scientists ...................................................... 24.86 21.2 ––––

Health related ........................................................... 34.32 9.7 35.37 11.4 29.68 3.7

 8 ...................................................................... 29.68 1.4 29.89 1.7 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 30.16 1.4 30.06 1.7 30.58 1.9

10 ...................................................................... 32.96 6.3 ––––

11 ...................................................................... 37.33 3.3 38.98 1.9 – –

Physicians ............................................................ 92.74 19.9 101.03 14.2 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Health related –Continued

Registered nurses ................................................ $31.83 2.2 $32.09 2.7 $30.61 1.1

 8 ...................................................................... 32.33 3.7 33.15 4.0 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 30.94 1.9 – – 30.74 1.9

Teachers, college and university .............................. 33.09 2.7 ––––

Teachers, except college and university .................. 32.23 1.2 22.89 17.1 33.22 1.5

 9 ...................................................................... 33.53 1.6 – – 33.49 1.7

Elementary school teachers ................................. 32.45 .2 – – 33.42 .3

 9 ...................................................................... 33.74 .4 – – 33.66 .3

Secondary school teachers .................................. 32.45 5.7 – – 33.87 3.9

 9 ...................................................................... 34.16 4.1 – – 34.16 4.1

Teachers, special education ................................. 33.14 4.8 – – 33.14 4.8

 9 ...................................................................... 33.14 4.8 – – 33.14 4.8

Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................... 33.00 .3 – – 33.00 .2

 9 ...................................................................... 32.97 .3 – – 33.00 .2

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... 36.35 2.8 ––––

Librarians .............................................................. 36.35 2.8 ––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 23.35 16.2 21.26 17.5 34.50 6.2

Economists ........................................................... 35.28 14.6 35.28 14.6 – –

Psychologists ........................................................ 19.91 14.5 ––––

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 20.73 8.5 – – 22.91 .7

Social workers ...................................................... 19.87 7.8 ––––

Lawyers and judges .................................................. 37.86 5.3 – – 38.37 10.8

Lawyers ................................................................ 36.90 4.1 – – 34.94 4.5

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ 29.74 25.7 29.92 27.7 – –

Technical ...................................................................... 25.59 4.0 25.78 4.2 22.20 3.8

 4 ...................................................................... 14.27 2.6 14.27 2.6 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 20.17 2.7 20.18 2.9 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 20.96 3.4 21.04 3.6 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 22.69 3.6 22.56 3.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 26.81 9.5 26.81 9.5 – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 21.49 3.3 21.76 4.0 – –

Radiological technicians ....................................... 29.57 8.9 ––––

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 19.92 3.0 20.14 3.4 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 19.20 2.2 ––––

 6 ...................................................................... 19.57 .8 19.58 .9 – –

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 19.07 15.5 19.07 15.5 – –

Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... 24.84 12.4 24.84 12.4 – –

Drafters ................................................................. 22.91 5.5 22.91 5.5 – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 28.01 4.2 ––––

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 35.57 4.0 35.66 4.4 34.89 7.7

 7 ...................................................................... 22.23 4.1 21.16 4.0 25.47 4.6

 8 ...................................................................... 24.76 5.3 24.83 5.8 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 27.40 5.1 27.31 5.8 – –

10 ...................................................................... 30.95 2.8 30.55 2.8 – –

11 ...................................................................... 33.66 3.1 ––––

12 ...................................................................... 43.87 7.3 42.81 8.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 40.80 5.9 40.89 6.1 39.75 18.9

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 37.86 4.8 37.35 5.3 41.95 8.1

11 ...................................................................... 38.94 3.8 ––––

12 ...................................................................... 46.21 10.1 ––––

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 37.85 7.5 37.43 8.4 40.91 19.4

Financial managers .............................................. 27.98 9.1 27.98 9.1 – –

Administrators, education and related fields ......... 39.09 8.7 – – 39.48 10.0

Managers, medicine and health ........................... 38.74 9.3 38.74 9.3 – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 37.69 6.5 37.43 6.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 38.00 10.0 37.46 10.0 – –

Management related ................................................. 33.46 7.2 34.10 7.9 28.10 4.0

 7 ...................................................................... 21.85 4.9 20.77 4.0 24.69 3.1

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued

Management related –Continued

 8 ...................................................................... $24.27 6.2 ––––

 9 ...................................................................... 25.68 3.9 $25.23 4.7 – –

Accountants and auditors ..................................... 27.10 11.4 27.17 13.0 – –

Other financial officers .......................................... 35.24 4.4 ––––

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ....................................................... 25.99 2.0 25.99 2.0 – –

Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 42.95 22.8 44.93 23.4 – –

Sales ................................................................................ 15.98 8.3 15.96 8.3 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 7.74 4.3 7.74 4.3 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 9.88 2.4 9.88 2.4 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 11.35 15.8 11.34 16.0 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 13.39 3.4 13.39 3.4 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 17.02 6.3 17.02 6.3 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 18.43 14.2 18.43 14.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 22.89 11.3 ––––

Supervisors, sales ................................................ 27.37 8.4 27.40 8.5 – –

Sales, other business services ............................. 15.33 16.2 15.33 16.2 – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale ................................................. 16.92 14.5 16.92 14.5 – –

Sales workers, apparel ......................................... 9.74 2.4 9.74 2.4 – –

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 10.13 12.2 10.13 12.2 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 9.20 7.6 9.20 7.6 – –

Cashiers ............................................................... 11.38 7.3 11.38 7.3 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 9.76 1.0 9.76 1.0 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 12.97 17.8 12.99 18.1 – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 16.85 2.9 17.10 3.7 $16.02 1.6

 2 ...................................................................... 16.51 9.8 16.97 11.7 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 13.19 2.9 12.93 3.8 13.77 3.6

 4 ...................................................................... 16.02 3.7 16.01 5.0 16.04 2.4

 5 ...................................................................... 16.69 1.3 16.34 2.2 17.20 1.4

 6 ...................................................................... 20.01 6.2 19.65 6.7 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 19.50 4.4 19.97 4.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 21.27 8.6 21.22 8.9 – –

Supervisors, general office ................................... 17.74 8.8 ––––

Secretaries ........................................................... 17.78 4.0 18.40 5.1 15.70 3.4

 4 ...................................................................... 15.34 5.6 – – 16.01 4.9

 7 ...................................................................... 20.10 7.0 ––––

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 16.19 2.6 ––––

Receptionists ........................................................ 12.73 7.2 12.69 7.5 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 13.57 3.9 13.57 3.9 – –

Order clerks .......................................................... 15.30 9.6 15.30 9.6 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 14.77 8.1 14.77 8.1 – –

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping 17.60 4.3 ––––

Library clerks ........................................................ 12.14 7.3 – – 12.02 7.8

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 13.47 4.6 ––––

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 17.09 4.6 16.94 5.4 17.68 6.7

 4 ...................................................................... 15.65 7.8 15.33 10.1 – –

Billing clerks .......................................................... 15.50 6.8 14.55 8.8 – –

General office clerks ............................................. 16.41 3.7 16.05 5.7 17.19 1.6

 2 ...................................................................... 12.88 4.2 ––––

 3 ...................................................................... 13.79 5.6 ––––

 4 ...................................................................... 17.09 5.0 16.57 6.6 19.04 4.9

 5 ...................................................................... 16.60 3.4 ––––

Teachers’ aides .................................................... 13.45 2.3 – – 13.45 2.3

 3 ...................................................................... 12.58 .4 – – 12.58 .4

 4 ...................................................................... 12.66 1.5 – – 12.66 1.5

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 16.35 3.1 17.56 4.0 14.54 4.0

 4 ...................................................................... 15.56 6.2 ––––

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar ........................................................................... $18.82 2.8 $18.58 3.0 $21.19 1.9

 1 ...................................................................... 9.31 10.6 9.31 10.6 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 12.04 5.2 12.00 5.3 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 13.71 3.9 13.38 4.5 16.91 2.9

 4 ...................................................................... 19.31 4.5 19.54 5.2 18.05 7.0

 5 ...................................................................... 19.08 4.7 18.65 6.1 20.89 1.5

 6 ...................................................................... 21.35 7.8 21.07 8.9 23.54 2.9

 7 ...................................................................... 25.56 5.0 25.45 5.4 26.79 3.5

 8 ...................................................................... 28.98 1.4 28.69 1.6 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 29.73 6.3 29.73 6.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 23.63 4.7 23.62 5.0 – –

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 24.18 2.3 24.10 2.6 25.17 1.4

 4 ...................................................................... 16.61 3.0 16.09 1.5 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 18.53 5.2 18.28 5.8 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 21.80 9.9 21.71 10.6 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 26.85 2.5 26.80 2.7 27.30 3.6

 8 ...................................................................... 29.29 2.5 28.97 2.7 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 28.84 5.6 28.84 5.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 28.48 5.0 ––––

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 31.20 9.3 30.89 10.8 – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... 23.00 4.5 23.08 4.8 – –

Aircraft engine mechanics .................................... 23.82 12.0 23.82 12.0 – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 20.71 8.6 20.83 10.2 – –

Carpenters ............................................................ 26.33 10.8 26.59 11.0 – –

Electricians ........................................................... 27.86 4.6 27.52 5.5 – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................... 20.56 8.7 ––––

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 19.12 3.1 19.12 3.1 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 12.93 13.2 12.93 13.2 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 14.87 4.0 14.87 4.0 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 21.15 9.1 21.15 9.1 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 17.99 10.2 17.99 10.2 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 26.09 5.0 26.09 5.0 – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 16.46 7.7 16.46 7.7 – –

Assemblers ........................................................... 20.42 6.2 20.42 6.2 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.95 11.9 10.95 11.9 – –

Transportation and material moving ............................ 19.15 6.3 18.75 9.2 20.11 1.6

 3 ...................................................................... 15.42 3.4 15.29 4.3 16.11 1.2

 4 ...................................................................... 17.54 6.3 17.33 10.6 17.72 7.6

 5 ...................................................................... 21.34 7.7 21.63 13.2 20.99 2.7

 6 ...................................................................... 20.94 10.6 ––––

Truck drivers ......................................................... 18.17 3.6 18.21 3.9 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 20.99 3.6 ––––

 5 ...................................................................... 19.75 4.9 19.75 4.9 – –

Bus drivers ............................................................ 17.36 6.5 – – 18.83 4.0

 4 ...................................................................... 17.37 9.4 – – 17.37 9.4

 5 ...................................................................... 20.69 4.5 – – 20.69 4.5

Operating engineers ............................................. 26.73 7.6 ––––

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 17.14 7.0 17.14 7.0 – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. .............................................. 18.92 6.9 ––––

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 12.48 4.8 12.21 5.0 18.07 1.7

 1 ...................................................................... 9.44 11.2 9.44 11.2 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 11.45 5.2 11.36 5.1 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 12.96 2.9 12.53 1.8 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 17.07 3.9 16.80 4.6 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 16.97 8.7 16.78 9.2 – –

Construction laborers ........................................... 19.73 .5 ––––

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 10.41 4.9 10.41 4.9 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 8.45 4.7 8.45 4.7 – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 14.00 2.2 14.00 2.2 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 12.49 1.9 12.49 1.9 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c.

–Continued

 3 ...................................................................... $13.75 7.0 $13.75 7.0 – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 10.30 10.3 10.24 10.4 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 7.80 2.7 7.80 2.7 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 11.56 22.7 11.56 22.7 – –

Service ................................................................................. 14.21 4.9 11.44 4.2 $21.95 3.6

 1 ...................................................................... 8.86 6.2 8.52 4.4 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.08 6.8 9.91 7.0 12.91 2.7

 3 ...................................................................... 11.14 7.1 10.90 8.0 12.82 1.3

 4 ...................................................................... 13.42 2.5 13.16 2.2 14.77 4.6

 5 ...................................................................... 19.10 6.0 19.21 6.4 19.05 8.1

 6 ...................................................................... 22.10 9.1 ––––

 7 ...................................................................... 26.84 4.0 – – 27.78 2.9

 8 ...................................................................... 29.01 8.5 – – 30.47 9.5

Protective service ..................................................... 24.68 4.9 13.48 6.6 26.25 5.3

 4 ...................................................................... 15.01 11.0 ––––

 5 ...................................................................... 19.54 11.4 – – 20.22 12.5

 7 ...................................................................... 27.78 2.9 – – 27.78 2.9

 8 ...................................................................... 30.47 9.5 – – 30.47 9.5

Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... 36.05 2.8 – – 36.05 2.8

Firefighting ............................................................ 27.86 4.7 – – 27.86 4.7

Police and detectives, public service .................... 27.56 1.3 – – 27.56 1.3

 7 ...................................................................... 27.21 1.5 – – 27.21 1.5

Correctional institution officers ............................. 20.42 12.9 – – 20.42 12.9

 5 ...................................................................... 19.93 14.2 – – 19.93 14.2

Guards and police, except public service ............. 13.91 6.0 13.92 6.3 – –

Food service ............................................................. 10.06 3.7 9.89 3.3 12.34 2.8

 1 ...................................................................... 8.11 2.0 8.10 1.9 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 8.98 4.4 8.85 3.7 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 10.08 7.9 9.61 9.5 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 12.95 6.4 12.85 6.8 – –

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 7.37 3.4 7.37 3.4 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 7.71 5.3 7.71 5.3 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 7.16 .0 7.16 .0 – –

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 7.39 5.1 7.39 5.1 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 7.16 .0 7.16 .0 – –

Other food service .................................................. 11.08 1.3 10.95 1.3 12.34 2.8

 1 ...................................................................... 8.29 1.3 8.27 1.3 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.54 1.4 10.42 1.2 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 10.85 3.3 10.51 5.3 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 12.95 6.4 12.85 6.8 – –

Cooks ................................................................... 13.20 2.5 13.12 2.8 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 14.16 2.0 ––––

Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 9.37 3.4 9.34 3.4 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.17 2.4 ––––

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 9.25 7.2 8.84 5.1 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 8.38 3.2 8.38 3.2 – –

Health service ........................................................... 12.64 3.3 12.33 4.0 14.77 .4

 2 ...................................................................... 10.69 6.5 10.49 7.6 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 13.28 8.6 13.25 9.8 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 12.92 2.2 12.73 2.0 – –

Health aides, except nursing ................................ 14.23 13.7 14.12 15.6 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 14.54 9.4 ––––

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 12.18 3.3 11.80 4.3 14.70 1.6

 2 ...................................................................... 10.69 7.3 10.46 8.5 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 13.16 9.4 13.12 10.8 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 12.43 4.8 12.31 5.3 – –

Cleaning and building service ................................... 12.50 7.1 11.99 8.2 14.97 3.9

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Cleaning and building service –Continued

 1 ...................................................................... $10.14 17.5 $9.20 16.8 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 12.26 6.1 12.14 6.9 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 11.47 5.5 11.28 5.6 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 12.40 8.5 ––––

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 13.14 3.7 12.58 5.1 $14.98 3.8

 2 ...................................................................... 12.45 6.6 12.34 7.5 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 12.07 5.1 11.87 5.5 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 12.40 8.5 ––––

Personal service ....................................................... 12.60 5.3 12.45 6.0 13.71 4.8

 2 ...................................................................... 8.91 6.8 8.86 7.0 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 9.65 15.0 9.20 16.1 – –

Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................... 10.57 15.5 ––––

Service, n.e.c. ....................................................... 11.75 10.3 11.75 10.3 – –

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is

used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more

information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is

evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and

complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is

tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on

the occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to

determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more

information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"

around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix

A.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All ............................................................................................. $23.36 2.5 $22.75 3.0 $26.37 1.0

All excluding sales ............................................................ 23.91 2.6 23.37 3.1 26.37 1.1

White collar ......................................................................... 26.98 3.0 26.57 3.7 28.86 .6

 2 ...................................................................... 13.11 10.7 13.08 10.7 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 12.49 5.0 12.20 5.7 15.17 4.9

 4 ...................................................................... 15.44 3.6 15.18 4.4 16.76 3.0

 5 ...................................................................... 16.95 3.4 16.84 4.2 17.56 2.8

 6 ...................................................................... 20.97 8.7 20.96 9.1 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 22.87 4.5 22.96 4.8 22.08 8.4

 8 ...................................................................... 26.23 3.5 25.71 4.1 29.59 3.2

 9 ...................................................................... 30.31 1.1 29.58 2.2 31.26 .7

10 ...................................................................... 33.04 2.2 32.07 3.3 35.28 1.5

11 ...................................................................... 36.21 2.6 36.30 3.0 35.79 4.4

12 ...................................................................... 48.52 9.2 50.41 10.2 37.55 10.2

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 31.99 4.4 31.84 4.7 33.93 15.0

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 28.61 3.4 28.54 4.2 28.87 .6

 2 ...................................................................... 18.48 12.1 18.58 12.6 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 13.34 3.6 13.04 4.1 15.17 4.9

 4 ...................................................................... 16.18 3.8 16.01 5.0 16.76 3.0

 5 ...................................................................... 16.80 3.6 16.50 4.9 17.56 2.8

 6 ...................................................................... 21.58 9.8 21.59 10.3 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 22.12 2.9 22.12 3.1 22.08 8.4

 8 ...................................................................... 26.30 3.6 25.76 4.3 29.59 3.2

 9 ...................................................................... 30.24 1.1 29.38 2.4 31.26 .7

10 ...................................................................... 33.06 2.2 32.05 3.6 35.28 1.5

11 ...................................................................... 36.07 2.9 36.14 3.4 35.79 4.4

12 ...................................................................... 48.52 9.2 50.41 10.2 37.55 10.2

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 32.33 4.5 32.18 4.8 34.31 15.9

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 30.96 4.0 30.79 5.4 31.43 .6

Professional specialty ................................................... 32.56 4.5 32.90 6.7 31.88 .8

 5 ...................................................................... 14.89 15.7 14.20 17.8 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 23.58 23.2 23.75 23.4 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 23.17 10.5 23.18 11.2 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 27.70 2.4 26.70 3.4 30.04 1.4

 9 ...................................................................... 30.68 1.2 29.85 2.8 31.46 .6

10 ...................................................................... 34.15 3.2 33.27 5.6 35.42 1.8

11 ...................................................................... 35.95 2.5 36.21 2.9 34.48 1.9

12 ...................................................................... 46.96 13.5 49.21 15.0 – –

13 ...................................................................... 55.62 7.1 56.02 7.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 33.33 6.3 33.77 6.7 – –

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... – –––––

12 ...................................................................... 41.90 1.5 ––––

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 32.95 3.6 33.32 3.7 28.75 1.8

 7 ...................................................................... 26.72 16.8 26.72 16.8 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 26.89 4.2 27.05 4.5 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 29.90 6.5 30.70 7.3 – –

11 ...................................................................... 33.81 3.6 34.12 4.0 – –

12 ...................................................................... 39.83 5.9 42.32 .3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 33.30 11.9 33.30 11.9 – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 33.12 3.6 33.52 3.7 28.75 1.8

 7 ...................................................................... 26.72 16.8 26.72 16.8 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 26.89 4.2 27.05 4.5 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 30.39 6.2 31.38 6.6 – –

11 ...................................................................... 33.81 3.6 34.12 4.0 – –

12 ...................................................................... 39.83 5.9 42.32 .3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 34.04 11.3 34.04 11.3 – –

Natural scientists ...................................................... 24.86 21.2 ––––

Health related ........................................................... 34.66 12.1 35.91 14.4 29.31 4.0

 8 ...................................................................... 28.62 2.1 28.73 2.6 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 29.96 1.5 – – 30.20 2.6

Registered nurses ................................................ 31.74 2.6 32.00 3.3 30.58 1.0

 8 ...................................................................... 32.65 3.8 ––––

 9 ...................................................................... – – – – 30.71 2.9

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 —

Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university .............................. $32.99 3.4 ––––

Teachers, except college and university .................. 32.41 1.2 $22.89 19.4 $33.38 1.5

 9 ...................................................................... 33.58 1.6 – – 33.54 1.6

Elementary school teachers ................................. 32.49 .3 – – 33.50 .2

 9 ...................................................................... 33.83 .3 – – 33.76 .3

Secondary school teachers .................................. 32.68 5.3 – – 33.90 3.8

 9 ...................................................................... 34.20 4.1 – – 34.20 4.1

Teachers, special education ................................. 33.14 4.8 – – 33.14 4.8

 9 ...................................................................... 33.14 4.8 – – 33.14 4.8

Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................... 32.97 .3 – – 33.00 .2

 9 ...................................................................... 32.97 .3 – – 33.00 .2

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... – –––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 23.35 16.2 21.26 17.5 34.50 6.2

Economists ........................................................... 35.28 14.6 35.28 14.6 – –

Psychologists ........................................................ 19.91 14.5 ––––

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 20.52 10.3 ––––

Social workers ...................................................... 19.46 9.1 ––––

Lawyers and judges .................................................. 37.86 5.3 – – 38.37 10.8

Lawyers ................................................................ 36.90 4.1 – – 34.94 4.5

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ 30.01 26.4 30.21 28.6 – –

Technical ...................................................................... 25.93 4.2 26.13 4.4 22.03 3.0

 6 ...................................................................... 21.06 4.0 21.15 4.3 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 23.04 3.4 22.92 3.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 26.81 9.5 26.81 9.5 – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 21.44 3.0 ––––

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 19.85 3.6 20.13 4.0 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 19.43 .7 ––––

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 19.15 16.0 19.15 16.0 – –

Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... 26.02 11.0 26.02 11.0 – –

Drafters ................................................................. 22.91 5.5 22.91 5.5 – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 28.01 4.2 ––––

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 35.58 4.1 35.67 4.4 34.81 9.4

 7 ...................................................................... 22.17 4.2 21.16 4.0 25.84 5.5

 8 ...................................................................... 24.76 5.5 24.83 6.0 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 27.22 5.3 27.31 5.8 – –

10 ...................................................................... 30.46 2.3 29.97 2.1 – –

11 ...................................................................... 33.71 3.1 ––––

12 ...................................................................... 43.87 7.3 42.81 8.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 40.70 5.9 40.89 6.1 38.32 21.1

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 37.78 4.8 37.35 5.3 41.34 9.1

11 ...................................................................... 38.94 3.8 ––––

12 ...................................................................... 46.21 10.1 ––––

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 37.67 7.7 37.43 8.4 39.46 21.1

Financial managers .............................................. 27.98 9.1 27.98 9.1 – –

Administrators, education and related fields ......... 39.09 8.7 – – 39.48 10.0

Managers, medicine and health ........................... 38.74 9.3 38.74 9.3 – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 37.69 6.5 37.43 6.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 38.00 10.0 37.46 10.0 – –

Management related ................................................. 33.50 7.4 34.10 8.0 27.98 4.1

 7 ...................................................................... 21.76 5.2 20.77 4.0 24.93 3.4

 9 ...................................................................... 25.38 4.1 25.23 4.7 – –

Accountants and auditors ..................................... 27.16 11.6 27.24 13.4 – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ....................................................... 25.99 2.0 25.99 2.0 – –

Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 43.60 22.7 45.04 23.4 – –

Sales ................................................................................ 17.32 8.7 17.30 8.8 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.35 7.1 10.35 7.1 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 —

Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

 3 ...................................................................... $10.70 17.6 $10.70 17.6 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 13.31 2.5 13.31 2.5 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 17.17 6.0 17.17 6.0 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 18.43 14.2 18.43 14.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 22.89 11.3 ––––

Supervisors, sales ................................................ 27.37 8.4 27.40 8.5 – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale ................................................. 16.92 14.5 16.92 14.5 – –

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 11.35 11.5 11.35 11.5 – –

Cashiers ............................................................... 11.88 5.1 11.88 5.1 – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 17.31 3.1 17.36 3.8 $17.09 1.8

 2 ...................................................................... 18.48 12.1 18.58 12.6 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 13.37 4.0 13.09 4.4 15.17 5.6

 4 ...................................................................... 16.25 3.9 16.10 5.2 16.76 3.0

 5 ...................................................................... 16.57 1.5 16.34 2.2 17.05 1.7

 6 ...................................................................... 20.01 6.2 19.65 6.7 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 19.41 4.5 19.87 4.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 21.31 8.7 21.22 8.9 – –

Supervisors, general office ................................... 17.74 8.8 ––––

Secretaries ........................................................... 18.17 3.8 18.82 4.6 15.85 4.4

 4 ...................................................................... 15.36 6.2 – – 16.06 5.1

 7 ...................................................................... 20.10 7.0 ––––

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 16.15 2.9 ––––

Receptionists ........................................................ 13.05 7.2 13.02 7.4 – –

Order clerks .......................................................... 15.53 8.7 15.53 8.7 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 14.77 8.1 14.77 8.1 – –

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping 17.60 4.3 ––––

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 13.49 5.2 ––––

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 17.09 4.6 16.94 5.4 17.68 6.7

 4 ...................................................................... 15.65 7.8 15.33 10.1 – –

General office clerks ............................................. 16.77 4.1 16.22 5.9 18.35 3.9

 4 ...................................................................... 17.28 5.2 16.78 6.8 19.04 4.9

 5 ...................................................................... 16.65 4.3 ––––

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 16.35 3.2 17.56 4.0 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 15.56 6.2 ––––

Blue collar ........................................................................... 19.74 3.3 19.53 3.6 21.90 1.1

 1 ...................................................................... 10.88 16.3 10.88 16.3 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 12.37 6.9 12.33 6.9 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 13.63 4.2 13.34 4.7 17.16 2.4

 4 ...................................................................... 19.41 4.6 19.54 5.3 18.56 7.0

 5 ...................................................................... 19.09 4.9 18.63 6.3 21.49 .6

 6 ...................................................................... 21.35 7.8 21.07 8.9 23.54 2.9

 7 ...................................................................... 25.56 5.0 25.45 5.4 26.79 3.5

 8 ...................................................................... 28.98 1.4 28.69 1.6 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 29.73 6.3 29.73 6.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 23.78 4.7 23.68 5.0 – –

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 24.30 2.3 24.22 2.5 25.17 1.4

 4 ...................................................................... 16.61 3.0 16.09 1.5 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 18.53 5.2 18.28 5.8 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 21.80 9.9 21.71 10.6 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 26.85 2.5 26.80 2.7 27.30 3.6

 8 ...................................................................... 29.29 2.5 28.97 2.7 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 28.84 5.6 28.84 5.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 28.48 5.0 ––––

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 31.20 9.3 30.89 10.8 – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... 23.00 4.5 23.08 4.8 – –

Aircraft engine mechanics .................................... 23.82 12.0 23.82 12.0 – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 20.71 8.6 20.83 10.2 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 —

Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Carpenters ............................................................ $26.33 10.8 $26.59 11.0 – –

Electricians ........................................................... 27.86 4.6 27.52 5.5 – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................... 20.56 8.7 ––––

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 19.77 4.1 19.77 4.1 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 12.93 13.2 12.93 13.2 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 14.87 4.0 14.87 4.0 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 21.15 9.1 21.15 9.1 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 17.99 10.2 17.99 10.2 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 26.09 5.0 26.09 5.0 – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 16.46 7.7 16.46 7.7 – –

Assemblers

 2 ...................................................................... 10.95 11.9 10.95 11.9 – –

Transportation and material moving ............................ 19.61 7.7 19.13 10.4 $21.05 1.3

 3 ...................................................................... 15.33 4.0 15.27 4.6 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 17.79 6.8 17.24 10.7 18.36 7.5

 5 ...................................................................... 21.87 8.5 21.89 14.1 21.84 2.9

 6 ...................................................................... 20.94 10.6 ––––

Truck drivers ......................................................... 18.10 3.8 18.12 4.1 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 21.76 4.3 21.66 4.8 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 19.81 6.0 19.81 6.0 – –

Bus drivers ............................................................ 17.50 8.6 – – 19.68 4.5

Operating engineers ............................................. 26.73 7.6 ––––

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 17.14 7.0 17.14 7.0 – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. .............................................. 19.22 7.1 ––––

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 13.46 5.9 13.16 6.2 18.29 .6

 1 ...................................................................... 10.72 17.5 10.72 17.5 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 11.65 6.4 11.56 6.3 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 12.90 2.7 12.41 1.3 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 17.07 3.9 16.80 4.6 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 16.97 8.7 16.78 9.2 – –

Construction laborers ........................................... 19.73 .5 ––––

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 12.36 4.5 12.36 4.5 – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 14.31 2.2 14.31 2.2 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 14.02 7.7 14.02 7.7 – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 10.95 13.7 10.89 13.7 – –

Service ................................................................................. 15.15 3.6 12.11 3.7 22.58 3.7

 1 ...................................................................... 9.74 9.0 9.16 7.1 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.40 7.1 10.21 7.4 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 11.30 8.2 11.18 9.0 12.53 1.5

 4 ...................................................................... 13.26 2.6 12.96 2.5 14.82 4.5

 5 ...................................................................... 19.11 6.1 19.24 6.7 19.05 8.1

 6 ...................................................................... 24.48 6.8 ––––

 7 ...................................................................... 26.58 4.8 – – 27.55 3.8

 8 ...................................................................... 29.01 8.5 – – 30.47 9.5

Protective service ..................................................... 24.68 5.2 13.90 6.5 26.08 5.6

 5 ...................................................................... 19.54 11.4 – – 20.22 12.5

 7 ...................................................................... 27.55 3.8 – – 27.55 3.8

 8 ...................................................................... 30.47 9.5 – – 30.47 9.5

Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... 36.05 2.8 – – 36.05 2.8

Firefighting ............................................................ 27.86 4.7 – – 27.86 4.7

Police and detectives, public service .................... 27.21 2.4 – – 27.21 2.4

 7 ...................................................................... 26.75 3.0 – – 26.75 3.0

Correctional institution officers ............................. 20.42 12.9 – – 20.42 12.9

 5 ...................................................................... 19.93 14.2 – – 19.93 14.2

Guards and police, except public service ............. 13.90 6.1 13.90 6.5 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 —

Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Food service ............................................................. $10.94 4.4 $10.82 4.5 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 9.13 4.5 9.05 4.2 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 12.97 6.5 12.85 6.8 – –

Other food service .................................................. 11.73 2.5 11.64 2.7 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.43 1.3 10.35 1.0 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 12.97 6.5 12.85 6.8 – –

Cooks ................................................................... 13.38 3.2 13.29 3.6 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 14.21 1.9 ––––

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 10.11 8.6 ––––

Health service ........................................................... 12.69 5.1 12.34 6.3 $14.76 0.4

 2 ...................................................................... 10.86 7.0 10.61 8.2 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 13.63 6.9 13.65 8.0 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 12.51 3.8 12.25 4.2 – –

Health aides, except nursing ................................ 14.27 13.6 14.18 15.4 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 12.15 3.1 11.68 4.1 14.70 1.6

 2 ...................................................................... 10.90 8.6 ––––

 3 ...................................................................... 13.52 7.8 13.52 9.0 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 11.81 2.3 11.61 3.0 – –

Cleaning and building service ................................... 12.97 5.7 12.49 6.9 15.00 3.9

 1 ...................................................................... 11.33 15.6 ––––

 2 ...................................................................... 12.39 7.7 12.26 8.8 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 11.37 5.7 11.25 5.9 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 12.40 8.5 ––––

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 13.21 3.8 12.67 5.3 14.97 3.9

 2 ...................................................................... 12.56 7.9 12.45 9.1 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 11.97 5.0 11.87 5.5 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 12.40 8.5 ––––

Personal service ....................................................... 13.06 5.4 13.11 5.5 – –

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is

used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more

information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is

evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and

complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is

tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on

the occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to

determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more

information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,

where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"

around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix

A.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 

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Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All ............................................................................................. $14.29 4.6 $12.70 5.8 $19.46 2.8

All excluding sales ............................................................ 15.10 6.3 13.39 8.0 19.50 2.7

White collar ......................................................................... 18.55 7.1 17.46 10.6 20.70 2.6

 2 ...................................................................... 9.33 5.5 8.84 5.6 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 12.83 3.9 12.57 6.8 13.11 3.8

 4 ...................................................................... 13.77 4.9 13.89 6.9 13.51 4.0

 5 ...................................................................... 18.39 4.6 17.64 6.0 18.91 6.9

 6 ...................................................................... 19.71 6.6 20.82 9.6 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 28.41 8.1 31.05 6.1 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 30.28 5.1 31.01 4.6 29.90 7.2

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 22.74 3.0 24.72 4.2 20.76 2.9

 2 ...................................................................... 10.81 6.6 9.56 8.1 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 12.78 3.1 11.99 3.7 13.15 3.6

 4 ...................................................................... 13.82 2.4 14.19 3.2 13.51 4.0

 5 ...................................................................... 19.26 4.7 19.92 2.0 18.91 6.9

 6 ...................................................................... 19.71 6.6 20.82 9.6 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 28.41 8.1 31.05 6.1 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 30.28 5.1 31.01 4.6 29.90 7.2

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 29.36 3.2 29.80 3.8 28.66 5.6

Professional specialty ................................................... 31.33 3.8 32.97 3.6 29.04 5.7

 8 ...................................................................... 28.78 9.0 31.93 6.4 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 30.15 5.3 31.12 4.7 29.64 7.4

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... – –––––

Health related ........................................................... 32.63 4.0 32.75 4.7 31.96 3.3

 8 ...................................................................... 31.93 6.4 31.93 6.4 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 31.37 3.5 31.12 4.7 31.96 3.3

Registered nurses ................................................ 32.31 2.3 32.56 2.7 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 31.93 6.4 31.93 6.4 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 32.38 1.1 32.87 .7 – –

Teachers, college and university .............................. – –––––

Teachers, except college and university .................. 26.09 6.8 – – 26.89 3.9

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... – –––––

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. – –––––

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ – –––––

Technical ...................................................................... 18.40 8.0 17.44 8.3 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 21.21 4.4 ––––

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 20.19 .9 20.19 1.1 – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 35.06 12.6 ––––

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... – –––––

Management related ................................................. – –––––

Sales ................................................................................ 10.15 7.9 10.14 8.0 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 12.92 10.3 12.97 10.7 – –

Cashiers ............................................................... 10.64 10.9 10.62 11.0 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 13.76 10.2 ––––

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 13.47 2.6 12.65 6.1 13.93 2.3

 2 ...................................................................... 10.81 6.6 9.56 8.1 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 12.78 3.1 11.99 3.7 13.15 3.6

 4 ...................................................................... 13.80 2.7 14.24 4.0 13.51 4.0

Receptionists ........................................................ 11.05 17.9 11.05 17.9 – –

Library clerks ........................................................ 12.02 7.8 – – 12.02 7.8

General office clerks ............................................. 13.99 4.6 – – 14.36 5.5

Teachers’ aides .................................................... 13.50 2.8 – – 13.50 2.8

 3 ...................................................................... 12.47 1.0 – – 12.47 1.0

 4 ...................................................................... 12.62 1.5 – – 12.62 1.5

Blue collar ........................................................................... 10.35 6.6 9.38 5.2 16.71 1.0

 1 ...................................................................... 8.03 2.1 8.03 2.1 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 9.98 5.0 9.98 5.0 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 14.57 8.6 13.89 11.5 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 —

Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

 4 ...................................................................... $15.95 4.5 – – $15.48 4.1

 5 ...................................................................... 18.79 1.3 ––––

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ – –––––

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ – –––––

Transportation and material moving ............................ 15.52 11.2 $13.69 26.8 16.89 1.8

 3 ...................................................................... 16.15 2.2 ––––

 4 ...................................................................... 15.95 4.5 – – 15.48 4.1

 5 ...................................................................... 18.79 1.3 ––––

Bus drivers ............................................................ 16.86 2.1 – – 16.86 2.1

 4 ...................................................................... 15.24 4.0 – – 15.24 4.0

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 8.97 2.1 8.95 2.1 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 8.22 1.1 8.22 1.1 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 9.66 5.4 9.66 5.4 – –

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 8.89 4.9 8.89 4.9 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 8.14 2.2 8.14 2.2 – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 11.34 4.5 11.34 4.5 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 10.32 5.1 10.32 5.1 – –

Service ................................................................................. 10.15 10.3 9.01 6.7 16.61 17.1

 1 ...................................................................... 7.96 2.6 7.91 2.5 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 9.27 7.3 9.14 7.4 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 10.38 7.4 9.03 5.6 13.20 1.7

 4 ...................................................................... 15.94 15.3 ––––

Protective service ..................................................... – –––––

Food service ............................................................. 8.34 5.4 8.05 3.7 11.53 1.6

 1 ...................................................................... 8.01 3.3 7.98 3.3 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 8.64 9.5 8.30 7.8 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 8.93 13.0 ––––

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 7.48 4.6 7.48 4.6 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 7.78 6.1 7.78 6.1 – –

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 7.53 6.9 7.53 6.9 – –

Other food service .................................................. 9.12 4.5 8.66 2.9 11.53 1.6

 1 ...................................................................... 8.15 3.1 8.11 2.9 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.92 2.8 ––––

 3 ...................................................................... 11.52 1.1 ––––

Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 9.33 2.3 ––––

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 8.50 6.2 8.37 5.5 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 8.24 5.1 8.24 5.1 – –

Health service ........................................................... 12.34 11.3 12.28 11.7 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 12.31 12.2 12.31 12.2 – –

Cleaning and building service ................................... 9.41 12.3 9.11 11.4 – –

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 11.66 5.8 ––––

Personal service ....................................................... 11.15 8.6 9.14 4.1 14.22 2.3

 2 ...................................................................... 8.50 7.0 ––––

 3 ...................................................................... 11.48 1.4 ––––

Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................... 11.08 15.2 ––––

Service, n.e.c. ....................................................... 10.12 7.7 10.12 7.7 – –

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is

used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more

information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is

evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and

complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is

tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on

the occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to

determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more

information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,

where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"

around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix

A.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 

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Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 National

Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupational group

Private industry and State and local government

Full-time

workers3

Part-time

workers3 Union4 Nonunion4 Time5 Incentive5

Mean

All occupations ....................................................................... $23.36 $14.29 $23.38 $21.73 $22.64 $17.39

All excluding sales ........................................................ 23.91 15.10 23.63 22.62 23.19 14.42

White collar ......................................................................... 26.98 18.55 27.10 25.82 26.66 18.95

White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 28.61 22.74 27.98 28.29 28.21 22.11

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 30.96 29.36 32.10 29.92 30.85 –

Professional specialty ................................................... 32.56 31.33 32.93 32.09 32.48 –

Technical ...................................................................... 25.93 18.40 28.71 23.87 25.59 –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 35.58 35.06 23.08 36.03 35.61 –

Sales ................................................................................. 17.32 10.15 15.94 15.99 14.56 18.76

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 17.31 13.47 18.53 15.79 16.85 –

Blue collar ........................................................................... 19.74 10.35 20.93 15.62 18.88 16.71

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. 24.30 – 25.53 22.16 24.41 –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 19.77 – – 13.64 19.12 –

Transportation and material moving ................................. 19.61 15.52 19.87 15.97 19.12 –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 13.46 8.97 13.88 10.93 12.43 –

Service ................................................................................. 15.15 10.15 19.11 11.11 14.43 –

Relative error6 (percent)

All occupations ....................................................................... 2.5 4.6 2.1 3.5 2.5 10.0

All excluding sales ........................................................ 2.6 6.3 1.9 4.1 2.7 17.2

White collar ......................................................................... 3.0 7.1 1.7 4.0 2.9 7.7

White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 3.4 3.0 1.5 4.5 3.1 14.9

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 4.0 3.2 1.2 6.1 3.6 –

Professional specialty ................................................... 4.5 3.8 1.5 7.2 4.1 –

Technical ...................................................................... 4.2 8.0 2.6 6.3 4.0 –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 4.1 12.6 7.4 4.2 4.0 –

Sales ................................................................................. 8.7 7.9 3.7 9.5 10.6 8.3

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 3.1 2.6 3.1 3.6 2.9 –

Blue collar ........................................................................... 3.3 6.6 3.4 6.0 2.9 1.1

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. 2.3 – 3.2 4.0 2.5 –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 4.1 – – 5.5 3.1 –

Transportation and material moving ................................. 7.7 11.2 7.8 7.7 6.4 –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 5.9 2.1 5.3 5.3 4.9 –

Service ................................................................................. 3.6 10.3 3.4 5.2 5.0 –

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is

used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more

information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,

where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.

4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through

collective bargaining. 5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary;

incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on

productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production

bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"

around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix

A.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not

meet publication criteria. 

29
Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation

Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupational group

Full-time and part-time workers

All private

industries

Goods-producing industries3 Service-producing industries4

Total Mining

ConstructionManufacturing

Total

Transportation and

public utilities

Wholesale

and retail

trade

Finance,

insurance,

and real

estate

Services

Mean

All occupations ............................................................. $21.76 $25.22 – $24.87 $25.28 – $22.12 – – –

All excluding sales .............................................. 22.49 25.28 – 24.72 25.37 – 22.23 – – –

White collar ............................................................... 25.89 – – 29.67 – – 25.30 – – –

White-collar excluding sales ............................... 28.36 – – 28.89 – – 25.70 – – –

Professional specialty and technical ....................... 30.73 ––––– 55.47 – – –

Professional specialty ......................................... 32.90 ––––– 32.37 – – –

Technical ............................................................ 25.78 ––––– – – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............. 35.66 ––––– 31.82 – – –

Sales ....................................................................... 15.96 21.85 – – 20.47 – – – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 17.10 20.90 – – – – 18.20 – – –

Blue collar ................................................................. 18.58 21.17 – 24.21 20.48 – 18.88 – – –

Precision production, craft, and repair .................... 24.10 25.81 – 24.75 26.34 – 24.47 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .... 19.12 19.19 – – 19.19 – – – – –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 18.75 20.50 – – 16.40 – 20.44 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ............................................................. 12.21 14.14 – – 12.03 – 14.36 – – –

Service ....................................................................... 11.44 ––––– – – – –

Relative error5 (percent)

All occupations ............................................................. 2.9 3.2 – 7.2 3.5 – 4.7 – – –

All excluding sales .............................................. 3.2 3.1 – 6.9 3.4 – 4.9 – – –

White collar ............................................................... 3.6 – – .0 – – 9.1 – – –

White-collar excluding sales ............................... 4.0 – – 1.1 – – 10.9 – – –

Professional specialty and technical ....................... 4.9 ––––– 20.3 – – –

Professional specialty ......................................... 6.1 – – – – – 8.6 – – –

Technical ............................................................ 4.2 ––––– – – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............. 4.4 – – – – – 7.7 – – –

Sales ....................................................................... 8.3 10.1 – – 7.1 – – – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 3.7 4.6 – – – – 3.7 – – –

Blue collar ................................................................. 3.0 3.6 – 6.9 3.4 – 14.1 – – –

Precision production, craft, and repair .................... 2.6 2.3 – 6.7 3.2 – 8.9 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .... 3.1 3.2 – – 3.2 – – – – –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 9.2 13.9 – – 5.8 – 25.5 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ............................................................. 5.0 10.2 – – 6.7 – 3.8 – – –

Service ....................................................................... 4.2 ––––– – – – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium

pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover

all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing.

4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale

and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of

the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample

estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication

criteria. 

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Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private

industry, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupational group

Full-time and part-time workers

All private

industry

workers

50 - 99

workers3

100 workers or more

Total 100 - 499

workers

500

workers or

more

Mean

All occupations ....................................................................... $21.76 $16.27 $23.49 $19.38 $28.42

All excluding sales ........................................................ 22.49 17.16 23.95 19.55 28.51

White collar ......................................................................... 25.89 18.29 27.72 23.98 31.17

White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 28.36 22.75 29.23 26.09 31.35

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 30.73 24.87 31.39 29.58 32.73

Professional specialty ................................................... 32.90 29.57 33.11 31.42 34.70

Technical ...................................................................... 25.78 21.85 26.78 20.33 29.05

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 35.66 30.69 36.49 30.52 39.03

Sales ................................................................................. 15.96 12.86 18.39 18.37 18.81

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 17.10 15.04 17.57 15.96 18.91

Blue collar ........................................................................... 18.58 16.43 19.47 15.98 25.20

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. 24.10 22.23 25.39 21.85 –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 19.12 12.11 20.56 16.25 –

Transportation and material moving ................................. 18.75 16.77 18.98 17.22 23.78

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 12.21 11.01 12.89 12.74 14.32

Service ................................................................................. 11.44 10.32 11.93 10.86 14.39

Relative error4 (percent)

All occupations ....................................................................... 2.9 6.8 3.1 5.1 2.2

All excluding sales ........................................................ 3.2 7.6 3.2 5.5 2.2

White collar ......................................................................... 3.6 7.0 4.1 7.6 2.9

White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 4.0 6.5 4.3 9.7 2.9

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 4.9 6.2 5.1 12.0 1.9

Professional specialty ................................................... 6.1 6.4 6.5 13.2 2.6

Technical ...................................................................... 4.2 5.1 4.0 6.1 3.3

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 4.4 5.7 5.2 12.4 6.2

Sales ................................................................................. 8.3 7.8 8.7 9.2 12.2

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 3.7 6.8 2.9 4.4 2.9

Blue collar ........................................................................... 3.0 9.6 3.7 5.0 2.7

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. 2.6 5.9 3.0 6.0 –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 3.1 16.8 5.6 2.7 –

Transportation and material moving ................................. 9.2 12.1 9.9 8.3 7.6

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 5.0 4.8 7.4 8.3 10.3

Service ................................................................................. 4.2 4.7 5.2 6.4 3.5

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,

and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,

holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed

by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of

workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual

occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See

appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain

establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between

survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error

expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a

"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information

about RSEs, see appendix A.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did

not meet publication criteria. 

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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all

industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupation3 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ............................................................................................. $9.50 $13.39 $20.42 $28.83 $37.40

All excluding sales ............................................................ 10.00 14.01 21.09 29.12 37.93

White collar ......................................................................... 11.96 16.83 24.33 33.10 41.46

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 14.03 19.30 26.44 34.90 42.84

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 18.82 23.41 29.33 36.54 41.53

Professional specialty ................................................... 20.43 25.59 31.35 37.87 43.27

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... –––––

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 22.41 27.56 32.25 38.70 43.29

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 23.77 27.76 32.45 38.94 43.41

Natural scientists ...................................................... 15.42 17.16 22.00 24.91 27.92

Health related ........................................................... 23.13 26.49 30.60 36.29 40.11

Physicians ............................................................ 26.46 29.99 67.31 172.98 183.55

Registered nurses ................................................ 24.64 28.25 31.85 35.83 38.13

Teachers, college and university .............................. 29.01 29.01 33.10 37.53 39.39

Teachers, except college and university .................. 21.99 26.66 32.71 39.11 41.46

Elementary school teachers ................................. 22.57 26.89 32.89 39.11 41.46

Secondary school teachers .................................. 21.99 26.66 32.46 39.11 41.95

Teachers, special education ................................. 23.78 27.17 32.53 39.69 41.46

Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................... 24.87 28.85 34.16 37.37 39.61

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... 29.02 35.92 35.92 39.39 41.46

Librarians .............................................................. 29.02 35.92 35.92 39.39 41.46

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 12.24 15.38 20.14 30.54 37.30

Economists ........................................................... 22.36 29.00 33.65 33.65 51.77

Psychologists ........................................................ 12.24 15.38 16.45 23.37 33.09

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 13.77 15.08 20.99 23.06 24.33

Social workers ...................................................... 13.77 15.08 20.81 23.06 24.33

Lawyers and judges .................................................. 26.94 29.67 38.40 45.33 45.67

Lawyers ................................................................ 26.34 29.67 38.40 44.29 45.42

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ 11.00 16.84 19.71 34.60 75.67

Technical ...................................................................... 16.85 20.19 23.75 28.14 32.00

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 12.63 17.55 22.25 24.55 28.14

Radiological technicians ....................................... 23.82 27.17 29.57 34.29 34.29

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 17.15 18.11 20.60 21.00 22.00

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 13.62 13.62 17.75 23.48 26.00

Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... 15.00 21.01 25.53 31.82 31.82

Drafters ................................................................. 19.35 19.35 23.00 25.00 28.15

Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 23.75 26.93 28.24 30.73 30.73

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 20.70 25.52 31.85 43.73 54.89

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 22.60 28.00 37.45 46.39 52.40

Financial managers .............................................. 20.19 20.19 26.23 33.76 39.62

Administrators, education and related fields ......... 18.48 29.81 41.84 49.15 51.36

Managers, medicine and health ........................... 33.79 34.00 34.00 48.16 50.79

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 25.74 28.00 36.06 46.39 53.84

Management related ................................................. 20.06 23.08 28.77 40.21 61.55

Accountants and auditors ..................................... 18.43 20.10 22.95 28.77 51.19

Other financial officers .......................................... 30.72 30.72 38.34 38.34 43.07

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ....................................................... 22.17 24.04 25.10 28.37 30.34

Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 18.79 28.18 35.68 62.50 64.73

Sales ................................................................................ 8.00 9.75 13.20 19.80 29.86

Supervisors, sales ................................................ 13.04 23.80 27.86 34.30 34.50

Sales, other business services ............................. 11.12 12.00 13.50 16.26 17.55

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale ................................................. 9.19 12.10 17.25 18.27 30.82

Sales workers, apparel ......................................... 8.25 8.50 9.67 10.74 10.75

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 7.35 7.35 8.50 12.48 15.09

Cashiers ............................................................... 7.50 8.25 9.79 13.52 17.40

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 11.34 13.40 16.14 19.47 23.48

Supervisors, general office ................................... 13.29 13.39 17.45 18.27 23.12

Secretaries ........................................................... 12.50 14.00 17.00 21.08 24.28

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 9.18 12.12 16.82 20.74 20.94

Receptionists ........................................................ 10.00 10.00 12.36 14.49 16.08

Order clerks .......................................................... 10.25 11.18 15.39 17.67 21.64

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping 15.88 16.14 17.75 18.08 21.82

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all

industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation3 10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Library clerks ........................................................ $9.22 $9.99 $12.44 $14.26 $14.85

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 12.50 12.50 13.23 13.23 15.79

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 13.50 15.15 16.85 19.47 20.00

Billing clerks .......................................................... 10.00 15.00 16.15 17.00 19.77

General office clerks ............................................. 11.91 14.00 15.96 19.29 20.61

Teachers’ aides .................................................... 11.93 12.11 12.51 13.62 18.32

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 13.53 14.52 16.00 17.77 20.39

Blue collar ........................................................................... 9.00 12.64 17.67 25.00 29.08

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 15.95 19.89 24.29 29.07 31.82

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 19.98 25.39 33.27 37.89 37.89

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... 20.70 20.70 23.00 24.50 26.11

Aircraft engine mechanics .................................... 14.50 17.25 24.12 30.61 30.61

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 15.50 15.95 20.47 21.40 32.46

Carpenters ............................................................ 22.70 22.70 28.40 28.40 30.96

Electricians ........................................................... 21.99 24.29 29.22 31.49 32.71

Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................... 16.98 19.01 21.36 23.12 24.21

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 10.00 12.90 18.08 26.83 27.01

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 11.45 13.33 14.35 22.84 23.26

Assemblers ........................................................... 7.16 11.40 25.90 26.83 27.01

Transportation and material moving ............................ 12.50 16.30 17.45 21.65 25.78

Truck drivers ......................................................... 16.62 17.31 17.31 19.48 21.65

Bus drivers ............................................................ 11.34 15.35 17.15 21.15 23.50

Operating engineers ............................................. 21.04 24.02 29.66 30.07 30.07

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 12.56 14.98 18.15 20.07 21.07

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. .............................................. 17.12 17.45 17.45 20.45 24.72

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 7.50 9.00 11.20 15.28 18.25

Construction laborers ........................................... 15.28 17.50 18.43 21.70 25.66

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 7.45 7.65 9.50 12.47 16.40

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 10.35 11.50 14.64 15.60 17.00

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 7.16 7.50 9.00 11.00 14.30

Service ................................................................................. 7.25 9.05 12.00 16.01 26.82

Protective service ..................................................... 15.26 18.11 25.74 29.85 32.00

Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... 33.45 34.76 36.19 37.03 38.38

Firefighting ............................................................ 24.52 25.15 27.68 30.83 31.88

Police and detectives, public service .................... 21.59 24.78 28.89 29.97 32.00

Correctional institution officers ............................. 15.26 16.01 17.82 25.28 26.92

Guards and police, except public service ............. 9.40 12.80 14.54 15.68 17.13

Food service ............................................................. 7.16 7.35 9.00 12.00 14.57

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 7.16 7.16 7.16 7.35 7.35

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 7.16 7.16 7.16 7.16 7.35

Other food service .................................................. 8.00 8.50 10.48 12.54 15.26

Cooks ................................................................... 10.00 11.00 12.45 14.81 18.75

Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 7.75 8.00 9.00 10.04 12.00

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 7.16 8.00 8.59 10.48 12.05

Health service ........................................................... 8.76 10.43 12.00 14.85 16.39

Health aides, except nursing ................................ 8.50 11.00 13.33 15.99 20.24

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 8.76 10.00 11.74 14.18 15.67

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all

industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation3 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Cleaning and building service ................................... $7.86 $9.49 $12.06 $14.38 $17.15

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 9.05 11.40 13.00 15.07 17.04

Personal service ....................................................... 7.16 8.22 10.00 12.93 21.09

Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................... 7.50 8.14 9.17 12.93 15.59

Service, n.e.c. ....................................................... 7.49 9.65 10.30 13.82 15.50

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations

is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for

more information.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."

Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown

separately. 

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Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private

industry, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupation3

Private industry

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ............................................................................................. $9.00 $12.45 $19.46 $28.36 $36.78

All excluding sales ............................................................ 9.25 13.00 20.34 28.74 37.69

White collar ......................................................................... 11.19 16.09 23.56 32.14 41.78

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 14.00 19.24 26.30 34.62 43.73

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 17.25 22.74 28.85 35.92 42.61

Professional specialty ................................................... 17.76 25.62 31.63 38.40 44.58

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... –––––

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 22.41 27.76 33.05 39.45 43.53

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 23.69 28.24 33.34 39.63 43.70

Natural scientists ...................................................... –––––

Health related ........................................................... 23.60 26.75 31.50 36.76 40.65

Physicians ............................................................ 26.46 55.00 70.00 172.98 183.55

Registered nurses ................................................ 24.79 28.72 32.00 36.25 38.49

Teachers, college and university .............................. –––––

Teachers, except college and university .................. 11.88 14.18 18.00 33.13 39.07

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... –––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 12.24 15.38 16.95 25.81 33.65

Economists ........................................................... 22.36 29.00 33.65 33.65 51.77

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. –––––

Lawyers and judges .................................................. –––––

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ 11.00 16.84 19.71 34.60 75.67

Technical ...................................................................... 16.57 20.49 23.99 28.27 32.00

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 12.39 18.33 22.25 26.89 29.39

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 16.93 18.85 20.92 21.25 22.09

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 13.62 13.62 17.75 23.48 26.00

Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... 15.00 21.01 25.53 31.82 31.82

Drafters ................................................................. 19.35 19.35 23.00 25.00 28.15

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 20.91 25.63 31.59 43.73 55.10

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 22.60 28.00 36.68 46.08 51.55

Financial managers .............................................. 20.19 20.19 26.23 33.76 39.62

Managers, medicine and health ........................... 33.79 34.00 34.00 48.16 50.79

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 25.74 28.00 35.87 46.37 52.89

Management related ................................................. 20.06 22.91 28.89 41.85 62.43

Accountants and auditors ..................................... 17.31 20.10 21.91 29.57 51.19

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ....................................................... 22.17 24.04 25.10 28.37 30.34

Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 18.39 28.18 48.91 62.89 64.79

Sales ................................................................................ 7.96 9.75 13.20 19.80 29.86

Supervisors, sales ................................................ 13.04 23.80 27.86 34.30 34.50

Sales, other business services ............................. 11.12 12.00 13.50 16.26 17.55

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale ................................................. 9.19 12.10 17.25 18.27 30.82

Sales workers, apparel ......................................... 8.25 8.50 9.67 10.74 10.75

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 7.35 7.35 8.50 12.48 15.09

Cashiers ............................................................... 7.50 8.25 9.79 13.52 17.40

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 11.07 13.40 16.35 19.98 24.16

Secretaries ........................................................... 12.50 14.00 18.03 22.25 25.35

Receptionists ........................................................ 10.00 10.00 12.36 14.49 16.08

Order clerks .......................................................... 10.25 11.18 15.39 17.67 21.64

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 11.40 15.15 16.85 19.47 20.00

Billing clerks .......................................................... 10.00 13.50 16.00 16.25 16.50

General office clerks ............................................. 11.88 13.55 15.45 18.91 19.95

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 16.00 16.00 16.95 18.36 20.95

Blue collar ........................................................................... 9.00 11.78 17.31 25.66 29.11

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 15.43 19.70 24.29 29.03 31.82

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 19.98 24.11 33.27 37.89 37.89

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... 20.70 20.70 23.00 24.50 26.11

Aircraft engine mechanics .................................... 14.50 17.25 24.12 30.61 30.61

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 14.50 15.95 20.47 21.40 32.46

Carpenters ............................................................ 22.70 22.70 28.40 28.40 30.96

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private

industry, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation3

Private industry

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Electricians ........................................................... $21.99 $24.29 $27.83 $31.49 $34.64

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 10.00 12.90 18.08 26.83 27.01

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 11.45 13.33 14.35 22.84 23.26

Assemblers ........................................................... 7.16 11.40 25.90 26.83 27.01

Transportation and material moving ............................ 10.79 16.25 17.31 20.91 28.68

Truck drivers ......................................................... 17.31 17.31 17.31 19.48 21.65

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 12.56 14.98 18.15 20.07 21.07

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 7.50 9.00 11.00 14.30 17.15

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 7.45 7.65 9.50 12.47 16.40

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 10.35 11.50 14.64 15.60 17.00

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 7.16 7.50 9.00 11.00 14.30

Service ................................................................................. 7.16 8.25 10.40 12.90 16.04

Protective service ..................................................... 9.40 11.08 14.54 15.68 17.13

Guards and police, except public service ............. 9.40 11.08 14.54 15.68 17.13

Food service ............................................................. 7.16 7.35 8.75 11.75 14.45

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 7.16 7.16 7.16 7.35 7.35

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 7.16 7.16 7.16 7.16 7.35

Other food service .................................................. 7.99 8.50 10.04 12.54 15.99

Cooks ................................................................... 9.40 10.61 12.45 14.61 18.75

Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 7.75 8.00 9.00 10.04 12.00

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 7.16 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.49

Health service ........................................................... 8.50 10.00 11.57 14.28 16.07

Health aides, except nursing ................................ 7.75 11.00 13.02 15.99 20.24

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 8.50 9.57 11.35 13.39 15.36

Cleaning and building service ................................... 7.80 9.05 11.59 13.00 17.86

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 9.05 10.51 12.25 13.48 16.38

Personal service ....................................................... 7.16 7.76 10.00 11.85 21.91

Service, n.e.c. ....................................................... 7.49 9.65 10.30 13.82 15.50

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations

is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for

more information.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."

Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown

separately. 

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Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupation3

State and local

 government

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ............................................................................................. $14.19 $17.65 $24.02 $31.49 $38.58

All excluding sales ............................................................ 14.20 17.65 24.02 31.49 38.58

White collar ......................................................................... 14.47 19.50 27.28 35.40 40.23

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 14.47 19.50 27.30 35.45 40.25

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 21.14 25.11 30.53 37.53 41.45

Professional specialty ................................................... 22.03 25.53 30.65 37.53 41.46

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... –––––

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 25.52 25.93 29.29 30.62 31.35

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 25.52 25.93 29.29 30.62 31.35

Natural scientists ...................................................... –––––

Health related ........................................................... 21.14 26.16 29.66 32.97 37.11

Registered nurses ................................................ 23.78 26.46 29.94 35.45 37.69

Teachers, college and university .............................. –––––

Teachers, except college and university .................. 23.82 27.71 33.39 39.28 41.92

Elementary school teachers ................................. 24.14 28.09 33.49 39.28 41.95

Secondary school teachers .................................. 24.54 28.10 33.49 39.30 42.53

Teachers, special education ................................. 23.78 27.17 32.53 39.69 41.46

Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................... 24.87 28.72 34.27 37.37 39.61

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... –––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 28.00 30.34 31.64 41.45 41.46

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 19.97 20.81 22.03 23.16 24.33

Lawyers and judges .................................................. 26.94 29.70 36.97 45.42 59.82

Lawyers ................................................................ 25.68 28.42 31.74 43.13 45.42

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ –––––

Technical ...................................................................... 18.08 18.08 21.07 24.28 27.99

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 19.87 24.25 33.96 41.84 52.10

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 18.48 35.91 41.84 50.13 56.25

Administrators, education and related fields ......... 18.48 35.91 41.84 48.96 52.10

Management related ................................................. 22.94 23.82 28.03 33.96 35.20

Sales ................................................................................ –––––

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 12.11 13.21 15.33 18.00 20.61

Secretaries ........................................................... 12.98 14.24 15.69 17.30 18.71

Library clerks ........................................................ 9.22 9.68 12.44 13.99 14.85

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 14.71 14.71 16.99 19.76 23.56

General office clerks ............................................. 12.67 14.41 17.78 20.57 20.61

Teachers’ aides .................................................... 11.93 12.11 12.51 13.62 18.32

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 12.43 13.53 14.47 15.20 16.95

Blue collar ........................................................................... 15.92 17.52 20.49 23.50 27.48

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 20.13 20.43 24.60 29.22 31.54

Transportation and material moving ............................ 15.35 16.43 20.42 23.50 24.02

Bus drivers ............................................................ 15.01 16.11 18.80 22.33 23.50

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 16.75 17.78 17.80 18.43 20.92

Service ................................................................................. 12.73 15.26 21.59 28.37 31.93

Protective service ..................................................... 16.80 21.93 26.92 29.85 32.40

Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... 33.45 34.76 36.19 37.03 38.38

Firefighting ............................................................ 24.52 25.15 27.68 30.83 31.88

Police and detectives, public service .................... 21.59 24.78 28.89 29.97 32.00

Correctional institution officers ............................. 15.26 16.01 17.82 25.28 26.92

Food service ............................................................. 10.25 10.96 12.17 13.29 15.26

Other food service .................................................. 10.25 10.96 12.17 13.29 15.26

Health service ........................................................... 12.46 13.23 14.58 16.39 16.39

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 12.46 13.51 14.58 16.39 16.39

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 —

Continued

Occupation3

State and local

 government

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Cleaning and building service ................................... $12.24 $14.19 $15.07 $15.66 $17.04

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 12.24 14.19 15.07 15.66 17.04

Personal service ....................................................... 10.79 12.46 13.10 15.59 15.59

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations

is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for

more information.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."

Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown

separately. 

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Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all

industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupation3 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ............................................................................................. $10.63 $14.50 $21.40 $29.25 $37.99

All excluding sales ............................................................ 11.00 15.25 22.07 29.68 38.55

White collar ......................................................................... 12.61 17.55 25.11 33.70 41.84

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 14.90 19.48 26.83 35.31 43.27

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 18.82 23.50 29.34 36.59 41.83

Professional specialty ................................................... 19.97 25.64 31.29 38.12 43.34

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... –––––

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 22.41 27.45 32.23 38.46 43.27

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 23.69 27.57 32.41 38.58 43.27

Natural scientists ...................................................... 15.42 17.16 22.00 24.91 27.92

Health related ........................................................... 23.13 26.78 30.50 36.25 40.11

Registered nurses ................................................ 24.54 28.25 31.50 35.58 38.00

Teachers, college and university .............................. 25.64 29.01 32.78 37.53 39.39

Teachers, except college and university .................. 22.31 26.82 32.85 39.11 41.46

Elementary school teachers ................................. 22.57 27.00 32.95 39.11 41.46

Secondary school teachers .................................. 22.31 26.72 32.61 39.28 41.95

Teachers, special education ................................. 23.78 27.17 32.53 39.69 41.46

Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................... 24.87 28.72 34.16 37.37 39.61

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... –––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 12.24 15.38 20.14 30.54 37.30

Economists ........................................................... 22.36 29.00 33.65 33.65 51.77

Psychologists ........................................................ 12.24 15.38 16.45 23.37 33.09

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 12.88 15.08 19.97 22.60 26.82

Social workers ...................................................... 12.88 15.08 19.97 22.03 24.33

Lawyers and judges .................................................. 26.94 29.67 38.40 45.33 45.67

Lawyers ................................................................ 26.34 29.67 38.40 44.29 45.42

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ 11.00 16.84 19.71 34.60 75.67

Technical ...................................................................... 17.09 20.60 24.06 28.27 32.33

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 12.63 17.55 22.25 24.55 28.14

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 17.09 18.08 20.60 21.00 22.09

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 13.62 13.62 17.75 23.48 26.00

Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... 17.16 21.40 26.30 31.82 31.82

Drafters ................................................................. 19.35 19.35 23.00 25.00 28.15

Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 23.75 26.93 28.24 30.73 30.73

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 20.63 25.63 31.73 43.73 54.89

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 22.60 28.00 37.45 46.37 52.16

Financial managers .............................................. 20.19 20.19 26.23 33.76 39.62

Administrators, education and related fields ......... 18.48 29.81 41.84 49.15 51.36

Managers, medicine and health ........................... 33.79 34.00 34.00 48.16 50.79

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 25.74 28.00 36.06 46.39 53.84

Management related ................................................. 20.06 23.08 28.77 40.21 61.62

Accountants and auditors ..................................... 18.43 20.10 22.38 29.57 51.19

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ....................................................... 22.17 24.04 25.10 28.37 30.34

Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 18.75 28.18 35.68 62.59 64.73

Sales ................................................................................ 9.00 10.92 14.42 21.44 31.85

Supervisors, sales ................................................ 13.04 23.80 27.86 34.30 34.50

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale ................................................. 9.19 12.10 17.25 18.27 30.82

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 7.71 8.45 10.48 13.72 15.99

Cashiers ............................................................... 8.25 9.50 10.92 13.52 17.40

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 11.60 14.00 16.83 20.00 23.91

Supervisors, general office ................................... 13.29 13.39 17.45 18.27 23.12

Secretaries ........................................................... 12.50 14.54 17.37 21.49 24.69

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 9.18 12.12 17.42 20.74 20.88

Receptionists ........................................................ 10.00 10.00 12.54 15.23 15.98

Order clerks .......................................................... 10.75 11.75 15.59 17.99 21.64

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping 15.88 16.14 17.75 18.08 21.82

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 12.50 12.50 13.23 13.69 15.79

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 13.50 15.15 16.85 19.47 20.00

General office clerks ............................................. 12.02 14.67 16.66 19.46 20.61

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 13.53 14.52 16.00 17.77 20.67

Blue collar ........................................................................... 10.35 13.90 18.62 25.91 29.68

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all

industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation3 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ $15.98 $19.98 $24.29 $29.08 $31.82

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 19.98 25.39 33.27 37.89 37.89

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... 20.70 20.70 23.00 24.50 26.11

Aircraft engine mechanics .................................... 14.50 17.25 24.12 30.61 30.61

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 15.50 15.95 20.47 21.40 32.46

Carpenters ............................................................ 22.70 22.70 28.40 28.40 30.96

Electricians ........................................................... 21.99 24.29 29.22 31.49 32.71

Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................... 16.98 19.01 21.36 23.12 24.21

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 10.66 13.54 20.35 26.83 28.37

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 11.45 13.33 14.35 22.84 23.26

Transportation and material moving ............................ 13.00 17.02 18.15 22.00 27.48

Truck drivers ......................................................... 16.81 17.31 17.31 19.48 21.65

Bus drivers ............................................................ 10.75 14.63 17.17 21.68 23.50

Operating engineers ............................................. 21.04 24.02 29.66 30.07 30.07

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 12.56 14.98 18.15 20.07 21.07

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. .............................................. 17.12 17.45 17.45 20.45 24.72

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 8.35 10.20 12.65 15.60 19.73

Construction laborers ........................................... 15.28 17.50 18.43 21.70 25.66

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 9.45 11.25 12.20 13.25 16.40

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 10.35 11.93 15.28 15.60 17.19

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 7.25 8.00 10.20 13.55 17.14

Service ................................................................................. 8.00 10.00 12.57 17.15 27.65

Protective service ..................................................... 15.26 18.55 25.52 29.83 31.93

Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... 33.45 34.76 36.19 37.03 38.38

Firefighting ............................................................ 24.52 25.15 27.68 30.83 31.88

Police and detectives, public service .................... 21.59 24.49 27.89 29.85 31.65

Correctional institution officers ............................. 15.26 16.01 17.82 25.28 26.92

Guards and police, except public service ............. 9.40 11.08 14.54 15.68 17.13

Food service ............................................................. 7.16 8.50 10.08 12.68 15.99

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... –––––

Other food service .................................................. 8.50 9.00 11.00 13.70 15.99

Cooks ................................................................... 9.40 11.00 12.85 14.81 18.75

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 8.50 8.50 9.00 10.92 12.68

Health service ........................................................... 9.18 10.64 12.12 14.85 16.39

Health aides, except nursing ................................ 8.50 11.00 13.65 16.56 20.24

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 9.20 10.43 11.85 14.20 15.36

Cleaning and building service ................................... 8.33 10.14 12.25 15.08 17.86

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 9.05 11.59 13.00 15.08 17.04

Personal service ....................................................... 7.16 9.17 10.00 12.49 26.05

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,

a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a

full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in

another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations

is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for

more information.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."

Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown

separately. 

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Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all

industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupation3 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ............................................................................................. $7.16 $7.65 $10.68 $17.15 $29.11

All excluding sales ............................................................ 7.16 7.86 11.45 18.29 31.66

White collar ......................................................................... 7.35 10.00 14.26 24.60 35.20

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 11.50 13.07 20.81 31.66 37.18

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 19.00 23.00 29.11 35.25 39.45

Professional specialty ................................................... 21.65 24.60 31.66 36.21 40.00

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... –––––

Health related ........................................................... 24.60 26.15 32.07 36.58 39.10

Registered nurses ................................................ 25.25 27.19 33.38 36.38 38.96

Teachers, college and university .............................. –––––

Teachers, except college and university .................. 15.92 16.25 26.34 33.39 36.96

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... –––––

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. –––––

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ –––––

Technical ...................................................................... 10.00 13.60 19.00 21.67 22.95

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 17.95 19.00 20.60 21.67 22.00

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 22.94 24.72 35.20 43.07 43.07

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... –––––

Management related ................................................. –––––

Sales ................................................................................ 7.25 7.35 8.50 11.00 17.15

Cashiers ............................................................... 7.16 7.50 9.15 13.00 17.15

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 10.00 11.91 12.68 14.85 17.78

Receptionists ........................................................ 7.50 7.65 11.00 14.00 18.38

Library clerks ........................................................ 9.22 9.68 12.44 13.99 14.85

General office clerks ............................................. 11.82 12.19 14.00 14.80 17.78

Teachers’ aides .................................................... 11.80 12.07 12.49 13.70 18.82

Blue collar ........................................................................... 7.16 7.25 8.50 12.01 17.12

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ –––––

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ –––––

Transportation and material moving ............................ 8.00 14.58 16.30 18.60 19.48

Bus drivers ............................................................ 15.09 15.54 16.39 17.67 18.80

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 7.16 7.26 8.48 9.00 11.50

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 7.26 7.45 7.80 9.00 11.45

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 8.50 9.50 10.50 12.85 14.64

Service ................................................................................. 7.16 7.35 8.19 11.44 14.18

Protective service ..................................................... –––––

Food service ............................................................. 7.16 7.16 7.35 9.54 10.96

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 7.16 7.16 7.16 7.35 7.35

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 7.16 7.16 7.16 7.35 9.54

Other food service .................................................. 7.16 7.50 8.50 10.49 11.84

Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 7.26 7.50 9.10 10.25 12.90

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 7.16 7.35 8.00 9.00 10.72

Health service ........................................................... 8.50 9.55 11.45 13.97 20.74

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 8.50 9.55 11.45 13.86 20.74

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all

industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005 — Continued

Occupation3 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Cleaning and building service ................................... $7.26 $7.52 $8.17 $11.40 $12.75

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 7.85 11.40 11.40 12.75 14.75

Personal service ....................................................... 7.35 7.69 10.30 12.97 15.59

Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................... 7.40 7.71 11.85 14.18 15.59

Service, n.e.c. ....................................................... 7.35 7.40 10.30 10.30 10.30

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,

a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a

full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in

another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations

is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for

more information.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."

Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown

separately. 

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A-1 

Appendix A: Technical Note 

his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained 

in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for 

the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing 

the data. Although this section answers some questions 

commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive 

description of all of the steps required to produce the data. 

Planning for the survey

The overall design of the National Compensation Survey 

(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.

Survey scope 

This survey covered establishments employing 50 workers 

or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries 

(transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary 

services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, 

and real estate; and services industries); and State and local 

governments. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an 

economic unit that produces goods or services, a central 

administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support 

services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is 

defined as all locations of a government entity. 

 The Seattle–Tacoma–Bremerton, WA, Metropolitan 

Statistical Area includes Island, King, Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish, and Thurston Counties.

Sampling frame

The list of establishments from which the survey sample 

was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State 

unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of 

industries within the private sector, sampling frames were 

developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The sampling 

frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business 

and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and 

other information were updated. Approximately one-fifth 

of the sample is reselected each year. 

Sample design

The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample 

selection was a probability sample of establishments. The 

sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the 

sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of 

sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each 

sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a 

probability proportional to its employment. Use of this 

technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were 

applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated 

so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below, 

was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled 

establishment. 

Data collection

The collection of data from survey respondents required 

detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data, 

working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed. 

Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were 

used to follow up and update data. 

Occupational selection and classification

Identification of the occupations for which wage data were 

to be collected was a multistep process: 

1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs 

2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the 

Census of Population system 

3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive 

4. Determination of the level of work of each job 

 For each occupation, wage data were collected for those 

workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria 

identified in the last three steps. Special procedures were 

developed for jobs for which a level could not be determined. 

T
A-2 

 In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each 

establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal 

visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling, 

with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment. 

 As with the selection of establishments, the selection of 

a job was based on probability proportional to its size in 

the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of 

selection. 

 The number of jobs for which data were collected in 

each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. Prior to 2002, the number of jobs selected 

ranged from 8 to 20. Beginning in 2002, the number of 

jobs selected followed this schedule: 

Number 

of employees

Number 

of selected jobs

50–249 6 

250 or more 8 

 The second step of the process entailed classifying the 

selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The 

NCS occupational classification system is based on the 

1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into 

any one of about 480 occupational classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. For cases in which a job’s 

duties overlapped two or more census classification codes, 

the duties used to set the wage level were used to classify 

the job. Classification by primary duties was the fallback. 

 Each occupational classification is an element of a 

broader classification known as a major occupational group 

(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following 

MOGs: 

• Professional specialty and technical 

• Executive, administrative, and managerial 

• Sales 

• Administrative support, including clerical 

• Precision production, craft, and repair 

• Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors 

• Transportation and material moving 

• Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 

• Service occupations 

 Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual 

occupations, classified by the MOG to which they belong. 

In step three, certain other job characteristics of the 

chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based 

on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the 

worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job, 

depending on whether any part of pay was directly based 

on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely 

on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of 

terms” section on the following page for more detail. 

Occupational leveling

In the last step before wage data were collected, the work 

level of each selected job was determined using a “point 

factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled 

to determine the overall work level for the job. 

 The NCS program is in the process of converting from a 

nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system. 

The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample 

replenishment groups and will require several years for full 

implementation. The four occupational leveling factors 

are: 

• Knowledge 

• Job controls and complexity 

• Contacts (nature and purpose) 

• Physical environment 

 Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has 

an associated description and assigned points. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related occupations. A knowledge guide for each of the 24 families 

contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge 

expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for 

all occupational categories and contain a definition of each 

point level within each factor. 

 The description within each factor best matching the job 

is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed 

to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When 

a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the 

next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors 

are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels. 

 Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on 

their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is 

used for professional and administrative supervisors when 

they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based 

on the work level of the highest position reporting to them. 

 For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer 

to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide 

for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the 

BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at 

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf. 

Collection period

Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60 

metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period. 
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For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample 

units. 

Earnings

Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time 

hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings: 

• Incentive pay, including commissions, production 

bonuses, and piece rates 

• Cost-of-living allowances 

• Hazard pay 

• Payments of income deferred due to participation 

in a salary reduction plan 

• Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight 

or passengers 

 The following forms of payments were not considered 

part of straight-time earnings: 

• Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for 

working a schedule that varies from the norm, such 

as night or weekend work 

• Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends 

• Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as 

Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses) 

• Uniform and tool allowances 

• Free room and board 

• Payments made by third parties (for example, tips, 

bonuses given by manufacturers to department 

store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate) 

• On-call pay 

 

 To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly, 

weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per 

day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded. 

Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried 

workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often 

work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical 

number of hours actually worked was collected. 

Definition of terms

Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time. 

Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied, 

at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales. 

Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical 

note on occupational leveling through point factor analysis 

for more details on the leveling process.) 

Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not 

meeting the conditions for union coverage. (See below.) 

Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time. 

Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are 

tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of 

production. 

Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation 

when all of the following conditions are met: 

• A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation 

• Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations 

• Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective 

bargaining agreement

 Processing and analyzing the data

Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection. 

Weighting and nonresponse

Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and 

occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of 

the establishment within the sample universe. Weights 

were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of 

the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to 

supply information. If data were not provided by a sample 

member, the weights of responding sample members in the 

same or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the 

missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value 

of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of 

data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding establishments were classified 

into these cells according to industry and employment size. 

Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were 

additionally defined by major occupation group. 

 Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights 

changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the 

response was treated as a refusal. 
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Survey response 

Establish- 

 ments 

Total in sampling frame 4,844 

Total in sample 419 

Responding 270 

Out of business or not in survey scope 29 

Unable or refused to provide data 120 

 In this survey, the nonresponse rate for private industry 

exceeded regular survey standards. 

Estimation

The wage series in the tables are computed by combining 

the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being 

combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. 

 Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication. 

Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make 

sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series 

that could have revealed information about a specific establishment. 

 Estimates of the number of workers represent the total 

in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not 

the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number 

of workers obtained from the sample of establishments 

serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied. 

Percentiles

The percentiles presented in tables 6–1 through 6–5 are 

computed using earnings reported for individual workers in 

sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of 

work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker 

hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest. 

 The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within 

each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the 

rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the 

rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours 

are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more 

than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow 

the same logic. 

Data reliability

The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically 

selected probability sample. There are two types of errors 

possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling 

and nonsampling. 

 Sampling errors occur because observations come only 

from a sample and not from an entire population. The 

sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible 

samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different 

samples would differ from each other. 

 A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible 

samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard 

error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided 

alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables. 

 The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, 

suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all 

workers were $12.79, with a relative standard error of 3.6 

percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $12.03 to $13.55 

($12.79 minus and plus $0.76, where $0.76 is the product 

of 1.645 times 3.6 percent times $12.79). If all possible 

samples were selected to estimate the population value, the 

interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time. 

 Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They 

can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey 

definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct 

information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the 

nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the 

extensive training of the field economists who gathered the 

survey data by personal visit, computer edits of the data, 

and detailed data review. 
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2

National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2005

Occupational group

Full-time and part-time workers

Total Private industry State and local 

government

All occupations ....................................................................... 725,300 577,100 148,200

All excluding sales ........................................................ 658,200 510,300 147,900

White collar ......................................................................... 420,500 320,900 99,600

White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 353,400 254,100 99,300

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 206,700 139,600 67,100

Professional specialty ................................................... 166,200 101,500 64,700

Technical ...................................................................... 40,500 38,200 2,300

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 58,400 51,500 6,900

Sales ................................................................................. 67,100 66,800 –

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 88,300 62,900 25,400

Blue collar ........................................................................... 193,000 173,100 19,900

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. 56,300 51,700 4,600

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 40,300 40,300 –

Transportation and material moving ................................. 37,900 25,100 12,800

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 58,500 55,900 2,600

Service ................................................................................. 111,800 83,200 28,700

1 The number of workers represented by the survey are

rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers

provide a description of size and composition of the labor force

included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for

comparison to other statistical series to measure employment

trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were

included in the survey.

2 A classification system including about 480 individual

occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.

See appendix B for more information.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data

did not meet publication criteria. 

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